My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.

The great mass of our citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.