No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.

I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do good. The lower the position, the more suitable to my ability and the more agreeable to my feelings.