In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Money will not purchase character or good government.
Anytime you don't want anything you get it.
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.