Ah, You Know My Weaknesses--my Children And

In Politics I Am Growing Indifferent - I Would Like It, If I Could Now Return To My Planting And Books At Home

... Anything Is Better Than Indecision. We Must Decide. If I Am Wrong, We Shall Soon Find Out And Can Do The Other Thing. But Not To Decide Wastes Both Time And Money And May Ruin Everything.

I Felt Like Anything Rather Than Rejoicing At The Downfall Of A Foe Who Had Fought So Long And Valiantly, And Had Suffered So Much For A Cause, Though That Cause Was, I Believe, One Of The Worst For Which A People Ever Fought, And One For Which There Was The Least Excuse.

I Know Only Two Tunes: One Of Them Is "yankee Doodle" And The Other Isn't.

Generally The Officers Of The Army Were Indifferent Whether The Annexation [of Texas] Was Consummated Or Not; But Not So All Of Them. For Myself, I Was Bitterly Opposed To The Measure, And To This Day Regard The War, Which Resulted, As One Of The Most Unjust Ever Waged By A Stronger Against A Weaker Nation. It Was An Instance Of A Republic Following The Bad Example Of European Monarchies, In Not Considering Justice In Their Desire To Acquire Additional Territory.