I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.

My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.

The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.