What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who Chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a Single day.