I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow-creatures to the utmost of his power.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

This mean for empty praise of wit to write, As toppings grin to show their teeth are white.

Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.

It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow-creature.

The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.

I will answer anything I can with honour, but not about others.

I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.

The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.

The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!

I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!

The eyes of a woman who never cried can not be beautiful.