We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

Mend it, fix it, make do, or do without.

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.

If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I ask any lawyer, judge, or magistrate for them. I live above the law, and so do this people.

Daily toil, however humble it may be, is our daily duty, and by doing it well, we make it a part of our daily worship.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else. If they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.