I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

I heard the bullets whistle-- and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.

Honesty is always the best policy.

I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.