We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.

Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.

If you love something, set it free.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself.