Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were felt by the whole human race, there would not be one cheerful face left on earth.

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.

Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.

Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.