He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.