Oh, that [his Thanksgiving Message] is some of Seward's nonsense, and it pleases the fools.

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out the questions to the bottom, love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.