The first reformer in any movement has to meet with such a hard opposition, and gets so battered and bespattered, that afterward, when people find they have to accept his reform, they will accept it more easily from another man.
SEVENTEENTH
Versatility is an injurious possession, since it can never be greatness.
EIGHTEENTH
A jury has too frequently at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.
NINETEENTH
It is a cheering thought throughout life, that something can be done to ameliorate the condition of those who have been subjected to the hard usages of the world.
TWENTIETH
With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor.