George Washington: “Faithful to ourselves, we have violated no obligation to others.”

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.

Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.

I must not conceal from you my earnest wish that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years and better qualified to encounter the usual vicissitudes of war.