It is most cheering and encouraging for me to know that in the efforts which I have made and am making for the restoration of a righteous peace to our country, I am upheld and sustained by the good wishes and prayers of God's people. No one is more deeply than myself aware that without His favor our highest wisdom is but as foolishness and that our most strenuous efforts would avail nothing in the shadow of His displeasure.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?

His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer.

Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.