We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.
Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.