The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.

We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. -Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.