“How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.”

“Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.”

“What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.”

“Responsibility educates.”

“To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.”

“We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.”

“Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. ”

“Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.”

“What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.”

“To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.”

“You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy or given up all hope of the Presidency.”