The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

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

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

Your good mother tells me you are feeling very badly in your new situation. Allow me to assure you it is a perfect certainty that you will, very soon, feel better - quite happy - if you only stick to the resolution you have taken to procure a military education.... On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.