"It is not so important that many should be as good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump."

"Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then?"

"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 …"

"I have yet to hear a man confess that he had no time for a walk."

"Read not the Times. Read the Eternities."