The reflections that the boys of this age are to be the men of the next; that they should be prepared to receive the holy charge which we are cherishing to deliver over to them; that in establishing an institution of wisdom for them, we secure it to all our future generations; that in fulfilling this duty, we bring home to our own bosoms the sweet consolation of seeing our sons rising under a luminous tuition, to destinies of high promise; these are considerations which will occur to all.

All men are created equal.

There is no habit you will value so much as that of walking far without fatigue.

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us.

Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.