... the benefit arising from moderate use of strong Liquor have been experienced in all Armies, and are not to be disputed.

My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold.

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.

Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.