"My hair is much whiter than it was a year ago; but my eyes are not much dimmer, nor my natural strength much abated."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a companion for life, it should be one who had as little money as myself."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a servant, it should be one that needed no wages."

"Satan has no objection to our being religious, provided we are not too religious."

"The more I see of the working of the present government, the more I am convinced that they are ripe for destruction."