These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

These are the times that try men's souls.

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit me to believe that a book so manifestly obscure, disorderly, and contradictory can be His work

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch