Contact With The Affairs Of State Is

The Press, Like Fire, Is An Excellent Servant, But A Terrible Master.

Battles, Unlike Bargains, Are Rarely Discussed In Society.

As For Bread, I Count That For Nothin'. We Always Have Bread And Potatoes Enough; But I Hold A Family To Be In A Desperate Way When The Mother Can See The Bottom Of The Pork Barrel. Give Me Children That's Raised On Good Sound Pork Afore All The Game In The Country. Game's Good As A Relish And So's Bread; But Pork Is The Staff Of Life... My Children I Calkerlate To Bring Up On Pork With Just As Much Bread And Butter As They Want.

No Civilized Society Can Long Exist, With An Active Power In Its Bosom That Is Stronger Than The Law.

It Is A Besetting Vice Of Democracies To Substitute Public Opinion For Law. This Is The Usual Form In Which Masses Of Men Exhibit Their Tyranny.