If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

I want in all cases to do right.