It is better to be alone than in bad company.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
What to the Slave is the 4th of July.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.