Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.

It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

Be not over solicitous about education. It may be able to do much, but it does not do as much as expected from it. It may mould and direct the character, but it rarely alters it.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. The sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it.