Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government.

In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.