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Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. - George Washington,

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable.

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

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.

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

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world--so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it.