There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.