Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.