“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

“if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading”

“Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer”

“I have seen your dispatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke...”

“Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other”

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”