Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.
If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.
The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.
Human-nature will not change.
The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.