They wanted me to be a Washington.

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.