The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

You never know what you can do till you try.

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.

If the people of Sheffield could only receive a tenth part of what their knives sell for by retail in America, Sheffield might pave its streets with silver.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.

Life is more than NOWnever allow your now to spoil your tomorrow

Laugh, enjoy and pleasure make you live more.

After all, the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world.

I don't really care how people read. I care if people read.

Everything has being through the love of God.

The freer that women become, the freer men will be. Because when you enslave someone, you are enslaved.

The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them.