Justice delayed, is justice denied.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it will calm you.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

[The Turks] one and all, bag and baggage, shall, I hope, clear out from the province they have desolated and profaned.

He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington].

Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.