The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them.

If we cannot learn wisdom from experience, it is hard to say where it is to be found.

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.

The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, and laws: in a word, soon become one people.

Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.