Blessed Is He Who Shall Not Be Offended

On one occasion President Jefferson Davis asked Robert E. Lee what he thought of a certain officer who was being considered for a promotion.  General Lee gave the officer the finest recommendation.  One of Lee's fellow officers took him aside and explained that this man had said some very uncomplimentary things about him.  General Lee replied by saying, "I thought the President was asking my opinion about him, not his opinion about me."