Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.

I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence, than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.

Always remember: Life is for enjoying.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.