Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.

I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.