A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it."

The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.

If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.