We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.

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

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

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

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