A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

I was raised to farm work.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good.