What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.

He has lost his left arm, but I my right.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

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

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.