"The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."

"I have got a system of my own. If I have a piece of work to do, I will do it."

"Upon the subject of education, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in."

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me."

"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."