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

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.

There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

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

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

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

The will of the people is the best law.

I love deeply and admire the beauties of life and its expression in many different art forms. I am an aesthetic philosopher.

If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.

I didn’t know when I grew up, but it happened like this: I was so very young, and then suddenly, I was old.

One learns one’s mystery at the price of one’s innocence.

Irony is the kid who steals music and is stolen by the music.

In my opinion, giving a kiss is a much better prize than receiving one.

What is pretty in nature is confined to the thin skin of the globe upon which we huddle. Scratch that skin, and nature's daemonic ugliness will erupt.

I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.