We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path ... It scorns to tread in the footsteps of any predecessor, however illustrious. It thirsts for distinction.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.

With malice towards none; with charity for all.