"The more laws, the less justice."

"Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God."

"Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient."

"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."

"In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory."

"There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness."

"People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them."

"In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."

"Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space."

"The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted."

"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."

"We are the total of our longings."