Every head should be cultivated.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.

Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a personal friend of mine, wouldtell him that you have reason to believe he is mistaken.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.