Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.

No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

I suppose this work is part of the devil that is in us all.

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.

All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

The fact is I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.