Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.

Glory to God in the highest, Ohio has saved the Nation.