"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

"The Army, as usual, are without Pay; and a great part of the Soldiery without Shirts; and tho' the patience of them is equally thread bear, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries."

"The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you."

"The consideration that I was not a professional man, and that I had less pretensions to it than many, was a powerful argument against my undertaking the command."

"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."