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"Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit."
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"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."

"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."

"If I tell you another seven hundred times, maybe one of these days you might turn your clothes right side out when you put them in the hamper, eh?"

"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."

"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."

"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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"I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required."


"We are in a period when old questions are settled and the new are not yet brought forward. Extreme party action, if continued in such a time, would ruin the party. Moderation is its only chance. The party out of power gains by all partisan conduct of those in power."


"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."


"Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority."


"The bold enterprises are the successful ones. Take counsel of hopes rather than of fears to win in this business."


"The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees."


"It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear...'"


"The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy."


"In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments."
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