When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.