How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevit….

American diplomacy is easy on the brain but hell on the feet..

Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity..

Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in..

I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end..

For me--I hold no commerce with despair!.

Hope is a willing slave; despair is free..