God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not die.

A mind grows by what it feeds on.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.

Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.

The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments.

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.