I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
“The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.”
“Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.”