Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.
Rufus ChoateWe have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.
Rufus ChoateAppropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and numbers are nothing, and all are equal and all secure before the law.
Rufus Choate