The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business.

Law without education is a dead letter. With education the needed law follows without effort and, of course, with power to execute itself; indeed, it seems to execute itself.

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world.

The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy.

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.

No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.

Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone.

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear.

The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.