Never give up an old tried friend, who has waded through all manner of toil, for your sake, and throw him away because fools may tell you he has some faults.

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

The chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed.

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.

There is a difference between the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before he was baptized, which was the convincing power of God unto him of the truth of the Gospel, but he could not receive the gift of the Holy Ghost until after he was baptized. Had he not [been baptized], the Holy Ghost which convinced him of the truth of God, would have left him.

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.