I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.

In regard to the great mass of men, anything that breaks the realm of fear is not salutary, but dangerous; because it takes off one of the hoops that hold the barrel together in which the evil spirits are confined.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

Make men large and strong and tyranny will bankrupt itself in making shackles for them.