Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.