"whether he was a whig or a tory?"

"I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."

"If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books."

"I shall rely confidently on that Providence which has hitherto preserved and been bountiful to me, and not doubt that with the continuance of its aid I shall be enabled to discharge with fidelity such…"

"I am glad to hear that my old acquaintance Colonel Ward is yet under the influence of vigorous passions. I will not ascribe the intrepidity of his late enterprise to a mere flash of desires, because i…"