In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.

Man is remembered by his deeds.

Vicksburg lies on top of a bluff on the east side of a large tongue of land jutting out into the Mississippi.

You must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong.

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

What is best and most necessary usually happens.

I know that money speaks more loudly than need.

This was not a fearie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful.

A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.

Weakness is weaker when discovered by others.

If you eat meat, something like that is going on in the background for you too.

I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy........cle.

The future looks extremely bright indeed, with lots of possibilities ahead -- big possibilities. Like the song says, We've just begun.

(A)ny time you buy weapons, or build an army, you begin to look for an excuse to use them. Plus, you pose more of a threat to others.

If we want to know history, I would think there would be every reason to.

We want to emulate the educated class, even if we don't think of educated people as a class these days.

True love opens the gates of time.