“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”

“Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.”

“He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to fight again.”

“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”

“Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.”

“law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law”

“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”