 Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. |
| Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe. |
| Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. |
| My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. |
| It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. |
| I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. |
| Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. |
| 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. |
| Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. |
| Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. |
| War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. |
| Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. |
| It is better to be alone than in bad company. |
| 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. |
| Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. |
| Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. |
| It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible. Topics: Government |
| Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. |
| It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. |
| Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. |
