Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which exist in Europe and America...War is progressive, because all the instruments and elements of war are progressive.

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.