"I have no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."

"I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday."

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"I am a living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. It is possible for each of you to attain to that."