If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

All I have learned, I learned from books.

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.