Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.

Bagehot did what so many thousand of young graduates before him had done,--he studied for the bar; and then, having prepared himself to practise law, followed another large body of young men in deciding to abandon it.

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like.

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.

Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible.