Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers, or on the land. Because the physical and chemical properties of water are well suited to the requirements of life, it is no accident that life is a water-based phenomenon.

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.