Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed..

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do..

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct..

News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class; publication an….

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imagina….

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fi….

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power..

Change is inevitable. Change is constant..

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination..

The greatest of all evils is a weak government.

Turtle makes all men equal..

To do nothing and get something, formed a boy's ideal of a manly career..

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the ex….

Assassination has never changed the history of the world..

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools..

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few..

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics..

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think..

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are….

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you..

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence..