Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.

The diversity in the faculties of men from which the rights of property originate is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests.

It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good. Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

United we stand, divided we fall.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

Permit me Sir to add, that Policy alone in our Present Circumstances, seems to demand that every Satisfaction which can reasonably be requested, should be given to those Veteran Troops who, through almost every Distress, have been so long…

In modern wars, the longest purse must chiefly determine the event.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

To anticipate and prevent disasters is the part of prudence. I hope your measures will be calculated accordingly.

We should never despair; our situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

The scheme, my Lord, which I have under consideration is one of such importance that I should not choose to confide it to paper, especially as the chances are very great of its falling into improper hands.