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.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.