There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it is also a book which teaches man his own individual responsibility, his own dignity, and his equality with his fellow - man.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.

Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some parts of the country, but which are beyond your control, to the all-wise direction of an over-ruling Providence. Perform those duties which are present, plain and positive. Respect the laws of your country.

Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.