My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education..

When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a glass of whiskey trying to aim it for his mouth….

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow byg….

With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you..

We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society..

Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world..

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Un….

I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this his almost chosen people..

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?.

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet..

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again..

We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. Therefore we must take a man whose opin….

Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?.

I will do what I think is right and when I discover that it is wrong, I will change it..

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow..

I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe..

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me see….

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing..

Killing the dog does not cure the bite..

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground..

Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt..