Individual liberty is individual power.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

May our country be always successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

Of the two great political parties which have divided the opinions and feelings of our country, the candid and the just will now admit that both have contributed splendid talents, spotless integrity, ardent patriotism, and disinterested sacrifices to the formation and administration of this Government, and that both have required a liberal indulgence for a portion of human infirmity and error.

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

It has been my custom for many years to read the Bible in its entirety once a year

To believe that everyone is honest is folly, but to believe that no one is honest is worse.