The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

Habit is ten times nature.

I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.