“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain”

“Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel”

“There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object”

“The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny”

“Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.”

“The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing”