Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

I am not a very sentimental man; and the best sentiment I can think of is, that if you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distinguished than I, you will have a very undistinguishing mass of names.

Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.