Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

God for a month of power & a good shorthand writer.

The facilities for advanced education must be evened out and multiplied. No one who can take advantage of a higher education should be denied this chance. You cannot conduct a modern community except with an adequate supply of persons upon whose education, whether humane, technical, or scientific, much time and money have been spent.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

Listing your personal milestones is like storing a pocketful of sunshine for a rainy day. Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.