The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me.