Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.
The murderer only takes the life of the parent and leaves his character as a goodly heritage to his children, whilst the slanderer takes away his goodly reputation and leaves him a living monument to his children's disgrace.
We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.
[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.
Perpetuity is stamped upon the Constitution by the blood of our fathers.
Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.