It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.