I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well.

Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.