There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to some more modest position. Finally, he asked to be made a tide-waiter. When he saw he could not get that, he asked me for an old pair of trousers. It is sometimes well to be humble.