What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...

Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me.

It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

To lead, you must touch men's hearts.

Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm