Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

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.

When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.