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.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Nothing will divert me from my purpose.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.
It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally preserved.