You never know what you can do till you try.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people... have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

A couple of flitches of bacon are worth fifty thousand Methodist sermons and religious tracts. They are great softeners of temper and promoters of domestic harmony.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to follow anybodyin matter of opinion.... All were, therefore, offended at my presumption, as they deemed it.