"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teac…"

"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go."

"The natives are a cowardly and treacherous people, wherefore we must always be on our guard."

"I have seen no inland part of any country so barren as this."

"To check the petulance of the Sailors, and restrain the wanton use of Fire Arms. To have it still in view that sheding the blood of those people is a crime of the highest nature."