It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?

Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years.... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President.

Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the White House will be at once discharged.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.