I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.