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.

It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!

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

I don't care about my character here on earth.I don't care about what other people think or say about me, all I care about is my standing before the Lord.

When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.