Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.