Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.

That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life