Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.

I still live. Pretty.

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.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, steady, beneficent light.

Mind is the great lever of all things.