I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.

I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.

I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.

There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.