Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.

It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.

I think every family should have a dog; it is like having a perpetual baby; it is the plaything and crony of the whole house. It keeps them all young.