| It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. |
| There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war. |
| You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set. |
| The education of a man is never completed until he dies. |
| Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less. |
