You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.

The strength of an Army lies in strict discipline and undeviating obedience to its officers.

It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.

Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.

They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.

Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquillity for an apparent temporary advantage.