We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that.

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family.

The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.

Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man; but I doubt whether we have not lost more than we have gained, by the use of this animal.

Resisting tyranny is obeying God

Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and importers led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus.