Make it a rule never to accuse without due consideration any body or association of men.

Never engross the whole conversation to yourself. Say as little of yourself and friends as possible.

Rally around the Virginians, there stands Jackson like a stone wall.

Always look people in the face when addressing them, and generally when they address you.

Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in pun…

If you're going to condemn a people based on the actions of the worst of its ranks; take a good look at the worst of your people first and judge yourself.

The men and women of the North are slaveholders, those of the South slaveowners. The guilt rests on the North equally with the South.