I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that the apostle Paul was a tentmaker; Socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic.

Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.

After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the disaffected band dispersed or destroyed. The result has been creditable to the troops engaged in the service. Severe as is the lesson to the Indians, it was rendered necessary by their unprovoked aggressions, and it is to be hoped that its impression will be permanent and salutary.

There are only two things I can't give up; one is coffee and the other is tobacco.

I hope and trust to meet you in Heaven, both white and black-both white and black.