Man, an animal that makes bargains.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow.
A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
