The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.

Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, relative to the reenlistment of veteran volunteers.

I nominate Ulysses S. Grant, now a major-general in the military service, to be lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States.