This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

A man's diary is a record in youth of his sentiments, in middle age of his actions, in old age of his reflections.

The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

Duty is ours, results are God's.

The art of making love, muffled up in furs, in the open air, with the thermometer at Zero, is a Yankee invention.

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.