There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.

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.

The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...