I have been baptized twice- once in water...once in flame.

Lastly, waging war against good people is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now, but it's the most important thing I've said.

I don't enjoy killing, but when done righteously, it's just a chore, like any other.

Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!

The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed.