Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal.

I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.