The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

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.

All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations