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

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

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.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.