Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say 'Gentlemen' to the person with whom he is conversing.

'The will of the nation' is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.

If ever America undergoes great revolutions, they will be brought about by the presence of the black race on the soil of the United States.