Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.

I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in no wise interferes with any other mans rightsthat each community, as a State, has a right to do exactly as it pleases with all the concerns within that State that interfere with the right of no other State, and that the general government, upon principle, has no right to interfere with anything other than that general class of things that does concern the whole.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.