If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.

History is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy.

The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian philosopher and historian - the humble listener - there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

I found a kind of party terrorism pervading and oppressing the minds of our best men.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.