I have the greatest aversion to being a candidate on a ticket with a man whose record as an upright public man is to be in question--to be defended from the beginning to the end.

It is a government by the corporations, for the corporations.

Personally I do not resort to force - not even the force of law - to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all the influence of example - of fashion.

The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

Evening attend two "fandangos." Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. [You] pay a dime for a figure and refreshments foryour doxy, who instead of eating prudently stores her cakes, etc., in a basket to be taken home for the family.

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

The reform [of the civil service] should be thorough, radical, and complete.