He has lost his left arm, but I my right.

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

It is history that teaches us to hope.

I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.

Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.

The devil's name is dullness.