All this has been my fault.

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations

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.

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.