"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor."

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

"When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content."

"...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded."

"Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does."

"Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it."

"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."

"The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind."

"'Don't tug on that...you never know what it might be attatched to."

"I believe with all my heart that one cannot be America's president without a belief in God, without the strength that your faith gives you."

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."