To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it. To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.

That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.