"I am glad to hear that my old acquaintance Colonel Ward is yet under the influence of vigorous passions. I will not ascribe the intrepidity of his late enterprise to a mere flash of desires, because i…"

"Shift that fat-ass Henry, slowly, or you will swamp the damn boat."

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth, and the Son of Righteousness in triumph amongst all nations."

"It is much to be feared that the same motives which have hitherto retarded the abolition of slavery, will continue to operate."

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."