"I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."

"With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plea; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow."

"Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something."

"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."

"When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs."

"We must always have old memories and young hopes."