This great Book ... is the best gift God has given to man ... But for it we could not know right from wrong.

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed had not labor first existed.

With malice toward none; with charity toward all.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

It is not best to swap horses while crossing a river.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

No man is poor who has had a godly Mother.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that the gifts of God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.