Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.

The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.

With the Catching Ends the Pleasure of the Chase.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

I walk slowly, but never backwards.

You may have a wen or a cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death; but surely it is no way tocure it, to engraft it and spread it over your whole body.