A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

I will attack no matter what and win the war!

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.