“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”

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

“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.”

“You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak”

“Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)”

“The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.”

“no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitiation of his temper and the loss of self control, yield to larger things to which you show no more than equal rights, and yield to lesser ones though clearly your own, better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right, not even killing the dog, will cure the bite”