"It is to be lamented, that great characters are seldom without a blot."

"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy."

"I can with truth assure you, that I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, make a scouting party my whole army."

"I am embarked on a wide ocean, boundless in its prospect, and in which, perhaps, no safe harbor is to be found."

"Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."