My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

History teaches us hope.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.