I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

I am the last President of the United States!

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

It is easy to find peace if you are kind, loving, and forgiving.

Success is not about impressing and pleasing everyone, but setting your own goals, and achieving them in your own time.

I grow weary of the loveThat lasts for a nightWhen it should be thereThe next sunrise

In this business, until you're known as a monster, you're not a star

The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God Himself.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.