[solzhenitsyn]

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

[LadyJD]

"I had jes give Marse Robert his breakfas' an' went to git old Traveler fer him to ride ter battle. Traveler was Marse Robert's horse what followed him 'round same as a dog would, and would never step on de dead men, but allers walked betwixt and aroun' 'em.” –William Mack Lee, Robert E. Lee’s emancipated slave, wartime cook, friend and beneficiary.

[LadyJD]

A hard to find one:

"Distance does not lend enchantment to the old fellow's greatness I assure you. The nearer he comes, the higher he looms up. It is plain, simple, unaffected greatness. It is just as natural and easy for him to be great as it is for me to be ordinary, and there is probably less affectation about it." ---General John Bratton, CSA, commenting on Robert E. Lee in a letter to his wife in 1865.