I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do good. The lower the position, the more suitable to my ability and the more agreeable to my feelings.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.