When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.

You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

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

Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.

If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.