The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.

When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.

He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man.

It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.