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

I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.

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.

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.