In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

Never stir up litigation, a worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this, who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket?

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.

Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.