Have the strength to be an honest person.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

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

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.