I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.
As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.
Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.
The Almighty has His own purposes.
Care for him who shall have borne the battle.
As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it’s not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.
As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.
I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.
I am an optimist because I don’t see the point in being anything else.
Friendship is the start for what you call love.
The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.
Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it.
Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.
A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.
For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, and often yields it up in his country’s cause. The highest merit, then is due to the soldier.