Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

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

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.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.