Statistics Are No Substitute For Judgment.

The Colors That Float From The Masthead Should Be The Credentials Of Our Seamen. There Is No Safety To Us, And The Gentlemen Have Shown It, But In The Rule That All Who Sail Under The Flag (not Being Enemies) Are Protected By The Flag.

By Competition The Total Amount Of Supply Is Increased, And By Increase Of The Supply A Competition In The Sale Ensues, And This Enables The Consumer To Buy At Lower Rates. Of All Human Powers Operating On The Affairs Of Mankind, None Is Greater Than That Of Competition.

There Is No Power Like Oratory. Caesar Controlled Men By Exciting Their Fears, Cicero By . . . Swaying Their Passions. The Influence Of The One Perished; That Of The Other Continues To This Day.

All Legislation, All Government, All Society Is Founded Upon The Principle Of Mutual Concession, Politeness, Comity, Courtesy; Upon These Everything Is Based...let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity, Above Its Weaknesses, Its Infirmities, Its Wants, Its Necessities, Say, If He Pleases, I Will Never Compromise; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromises.

Of All The Properties Which Belong To Honorable Men, Not One Is So Highly Prized As That Of Character.