A foundation of our American way of life is our national respect for law.

What we live by we die by.

A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

There's no way around grief and loss: you can dodge all you want, but sooner or later you just have to go into it, through it, and, hopefully, come out the other side. The world you find there will never be the same as the world you left.

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.