You may not, cannot, appropriate beauty. It is the wealth of the eye, and a cat may gaze upon a king.

Love of truth will bless the lover all his days; yet when he brings her home, his fair-faced bride, she comes empty-handed to his door, herself her only dower.

Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.

Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people.

Politics is the science of urgencies.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

All men desire to be immortal.