It is bad enough to see young fools, but worse to see old fools.

How shall we know that we obey [God]? There is but one method by which we can know it, and that is by the inspiration of the Spirit of the Lord witnessing unto our spirit that we are His, that we love Him, and that He loves us. It is by the spirit of revelation we know this.

I will tell you whom to vote for: We will vote for the principles of civil and religious liberty, the man who knows the most and who has the best heart and brain for a statesman; and we do not care a farthing whether he is a Whig, a Democrat, a Barnburner, a Republican, or a New Light or anything else.

Love the giver more than the gift.

When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those laws which I despise, and which God, good men and angels abhor.

[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.