I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned

I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

Error is ever the sequence of haste.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.