Always speak the truth.

Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.

The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes.

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

No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.

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