It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. Read Summary
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. Read Summary
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. Read Summary
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Read Summary
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. Read Summary
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. Read Summary
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. Read Summary
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. Read Summary
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. Read Summary
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. Read Summary
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. Read Summary
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. Read Summary
It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Read Summary
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent. Read Summary
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. Read Summary
There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. Read Summary
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. Read Summary
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. Read Summary
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. Read Summary
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. Read Summary