My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.
If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.