It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself particularly to whom the appellation belongs - but this I do know - if the Southerners think that man for man they are better than our Illinois men, or western men generally, they will discover themselves in a grievous mistake.

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

Care for him who shall have borne the battle