Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

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

Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust.

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.

We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.

But if we are to be told by a foreign Power . . . what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.