I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears you wrote, was handed me a few days since by Senator Sumner. Please tell these little people I am very glad their young hearts are so full of just and generous sympathy, and that, while I have not the power to grant all they ask, I trust they will remember that God has, and that, as it seems, He wills to do it.

A lawyer's time and advice are his(her) stock in trade.

When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.

If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that, in the old days, God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams.