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.

Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

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.

[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he can not possibly save it afterwards.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.