It is history that teaches us to hope.

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

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.

We must forgive our enemies.

Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it so. All is happy if you will make it so. Do not dream. It is too ideal, too imaginary. Dreaming by day, I mean. Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.