If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by any arguments urged by ambitious and designing men, but stand fast to the Union and the old flag.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

My God! My God! What will the country say?