All That I Am My Mother Made

A Stout Heart, A Clear Conscience, And Never Despair.

I Shall Look For Whatever Success May Attend My Public Service; And Knowing That "except The Lord Keep The City The Watchman Waketh But In Vain," With Fervent Supplications For His Favor, To His Overruling Providence I Commit With Humble But Fearless Confidence My Own Fate And The Future Destinies Of My Country.

America, With The Same Voice Which Spoke Herself Into Existence As A Nation, Proclaimed To Mankind The Inextinguishable Rights Of Human Nature, And The Only Lawful Foundations Of Government.

The First And Almost The Only Book Deserving Of Universal Attention Is The Bible.

When (an Advocate) Is Not Thoroughly Acquainted With The Real Strength And Weakness Of His Cause, He Knows Not Where To Choose The Most Impressive Argument. When The Mark Is Shrouded In Obscurity, The Only Substitute For Accuracy In The Aim Is In The Multitude Of The Shafts.