When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood.

If the true spark of religious and civil liberty be kindled, it will burn.

Instruct the mothers of the French people.

Power naturally and necessarily follows property.

I do not propose to be buried until I am dead.

Mind is the great lever of all things.

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.