Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.

It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happeningto them.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.

Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.