A Political Career Brings Out The Basest

If You Have Enough Room For Your Books, You Don't Have Enough Books.

No Wonder That, When A Political Career Is So Precarious, Men Of Worth And Capacity Hesitate To Embrace It. They Cannot Afford To Be Thrown Out Of Their Life's Course By A Mere Accident.

The Chief Practical Use Of History Is To Deliver Us From Plausible Historical Analogies.

An Eminent American Is Reported To Have Said To Friends Who Wished To Put Him Forward, 'gentlemen, Let There Be No Mistake. I Should Make A Good President, But A Very Bad Candidate.

When You Find That A Book Is Poor ... Waste No More Time Upon It.