"Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”

“When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'”

“Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first...The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.”

“We do not comprehend everything, but we insult nothing.”

“Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.”

“The most able seems clumsy.”

“Regrets are illuminations come too late.”

“I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.”

“The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others.”