A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

Learn to think continentally.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

A promise must never be broken.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.