When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.