I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

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