As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors.

It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving

Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased.

There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so, and you cannot be happy by going cross lots; you have got to go the regular turnpike road.