Every head should be cultivated.

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.

Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.