I walk slowly, but never backwards.

I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.

Trusting in Him, who can go with me, and remain with you and be every where for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.

No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's. I shall never sink the rights of mankind to the malice, wrong, or avarice of another's wishes, though those wishes come to me in the relation of client and attorney.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be.