Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters which they perpetuate.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

The right of private judgment is absolute in every American citizen.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

True art is but the anti-type of nature; the embodiment of discovered beauty in utility.