I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods. With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Ready are we all to cry out and ascribe motives when our toes are pinched.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.