All that harms labor is treason to America.

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon, feel better - quite happy - if you only stick to the resolution you have taken to procure a military education.... On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.

When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.

You can't help the poor by being one of them.