With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.

To lead, you must touch men's hearts.

Always remember: Life is for enjoying.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.