You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.

I believe I may so, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never know one moment of bitterness or resentment.

The devil's name is dullness.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.