Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

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

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostrates for the time all public authority, and its consequences are sometimes extensive and terrible.

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.