It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. They do not know its horrors. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.

You may be whatever you resolve to be.

The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.

He is cautious. He ought to be. But he is NOT slow. Lee is a phenomenon. He is the only man whom I would follow blindfolded.

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

Through life let your principal object be the discharge of duty.

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.