I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.

If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts

Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.

Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.

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 unpleasant events you are passing from will not have been profitless to you.