As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?

Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

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.

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.