Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

Steady of heart and stout of hand.

God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself