"The question is not what you look at, but what you see."

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character …"

"Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him with their petty questions, and endeavor to pry into his private affairs. Commonly, if you are an honest man, they will want to know what you are doing in thei…"

"Live your life, do your work, then take your hat."

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."