Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.

Every student must be a gentleman.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.