I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.

The eyes of that species of extinct giant, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara as our eyes do now.

We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.