A man lives by believing something.

No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.

Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident.

Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ.