Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party - and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.