The friendship I have conceived will not be impaired by absence; but it may be no unpleasing circumstance to brighten the chain by a renewal of the covenant.

Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by it.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.

Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.