"The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.--as quoted in THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS"
"The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."
"I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me."