Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or to detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I think that God means that we shall do more than we have yet done in furtherance of his plans and he will open the way for our doing it.