"The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."

"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races."

"With Malice toward none, with Charity for all, with Firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in..."

"To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all; but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing."

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and …"