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.

Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper.

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

History teaches us hope.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

The devil's name is dullness.

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.