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

If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.

If you have never failed you have never lived.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.

I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.