We have exchanged the Washingtonian dignity for the Jeffersonian simplicity, which in due time came to be only another name for th...e Jacksonian vulgarity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches ...his heart, which, say what you will, is the great high-road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open ...question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; an...d theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it, unless we are made to think we are at the same time doing something for ourselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those ...of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »