Remarks, 14 May 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff

The way to get along in any important matters was to gather unto yourself wise men, experienced & aged men to assist in council in all times of trouble handsome men are not oft wise & strongminded men, but the Strength of a strong minded man will create corse features like the rough & strong bough of the oak. You will always discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines of his features Somthing of the mind of the man.

Excitement has almost become the essens of my life when that dies away I feel almost lost when a man is reigned up continually by excitement he becomes strong & [p. [33]]