A New Book Is Like A Friend

Gratefully Accepting The Proffered Honor, [to Inscribe A New Legal Work To Him] I Give The Leave, Begging Only That The Inscription May Be In Modest Terms, Not Representing Me As A Man Of Great Learning, Or A Very Extraordinary One In Any Respect.

It Is Bad To Be Poor. I Shall Go To The Wall For Bread And Meat, If I Neglect My Business This Year As Well As Last.

Honest Statesmanship Is The Wise Employment Of Individual Meanness For The Public Good.

There Is No America Without Labor, And To Fleece The One Is To Rob The Other.

I Can't Spare This Man, He Fights!