The Constitution that we have is an excellent one, if we can keep it where it is.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

I die hard but am not afraid to go.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promote of private virtue and public prosperity, I shall always be happy to advance the interests of the Society, and to be considered by them as a deserving brother.

The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.

They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.