It is now conceded that all idea of British intervention is at an end... I want to hug the army of the Potomac. I want to get the whole army of Vicksburg drunk at my own expense. I want to fight some small man and lick him.

History is only a catalogue of the forgotten.

Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection.

For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.