"The finished man of the world must..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man of no conversation should smoke.”

“Earth endures; Stars abide.”

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.”

“All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.”

“Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.”

“Well used are those cruelties (if it is permitted to speak well of evil) that are carried out in a single stroke, done out of necessity to protect oneself, and are not continued but are instead converted into the greatest possible benefits for the subjects. Badly used are those cruelties which. although being few at the outset, grow with the passing time instead of disappearing. Those who follow the first method can remedy their condition with God and with men; the others cannot possibly survive.”

“My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.”

“A spot whereon the founders lived and diedSeemed once more dear than life; ancestral trees,Or gardens rich in memory glorifiedMarriages, alliances, and families,And every bride's ambition satisfied.”

“Since we shall love each other, I shall be great and you shall be rich.”