Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty - that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.

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

It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.

Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice.

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.