The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection; that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow citizens of the United States at large; and, particularly, for their brethren who have served in the Geld.

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.