All that I am or ever will be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.