Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.

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

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.