The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
My Mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my Mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
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.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
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