"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother."

"Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the too frequent changes of officers."

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth, and the Son of Righteousness in triumph amongst all nations."

"No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States."

"I wished the craftsman 'had been a Quaker preacher before he had made the cups.'"