When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

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

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Shall we stop this bleeding?