Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.

It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.

I extremely believe in luck, and I discovered more hard work, your luck as much

To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and on the same question which now divides our own country; that these will continue through all future time; that every one takes his side in favor of the many, or of the few, according to his constitution, and the circumstances in which he is placed.

I know nothing more important to inculcate into the minds of young people than the wisdom, the honor, and the blessed comfort of living within their income.

[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.

Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief.