I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.