Every head should be cultivated.

I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.