We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.

Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than policy or tact of expediency or other words that were devised to conceal a deviation from a straight line.