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

Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.

you can't escape tomorrow's responsibilities by evading it today

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.