I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

Honor is better than honors.

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.