I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.

There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command, if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the Union.

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

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