It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.

One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot.