Twenty-two years ago Judge [then-Senator Stephen] Douglas and I first became acquainted. We were both young then; he a trifle younger than I. Even then, we were both ambitious; I, perhaps, quite as much so as he. With me, the race of ambition has been a failure--a flat failure; with him it has been one of splendid success.

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

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.