Little other than a red tape Talking-machine, and unhappy Bag of Parliamentary Eloquence.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of it.

Courtesy is the due of man to man; not of suit-of-clothes to suit-of-clothes.

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.