A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.