"I shall rely therefore on that Providence which has hitherto preserved us, and shall feel no dismay at any dangers."

"If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the event is in the hand of God."

"My dear Gov. Lee: You have exchanged the rugged field of Mars for the soft and pleasurable bed of Venus."

"If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books."

"I consider the War as over, and I am preparing to return to that domestic walk of life, in which I have been so long happy."