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

There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.

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.

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.

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.