I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

The theory of government changes with general progress.

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

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

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.