Every student must be a gentleman.

We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relative, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the Army.

All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.