Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.

My death has not yet quite arrived, but it is near and inevitable as night follows day.

Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.

Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations, in examples of justice and liberality.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.