Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.

The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall.

There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.

We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

My tongue speak what my heart thinks.

Remember these words when I am dead. First be sure you're right, then go ahead.

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles.

I have always supported measures and principles and not men.

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized.

I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.

Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed.

The invention of photography destroyed the canons of representational, imitative art.

Until we stand in a place where we have met God, we have no authority to change a Nation

I still don't know how to read music.

There is no slavery but ignorance.

we compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet

Our language is primarily for expressing human goodness and beauty.