On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this his almost chosen people.

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation.

I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occasion on which you have called.

I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it.

Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.