A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow.

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.

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

It doesn't mater if you're a slow walker, so long as you don't walk backwards.