"I consider the War as over, and I am preparing to return to that domestic walk of life, in which I have been so long happy."

"amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a young Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man."

"The foundations of our empire were not laid in the gloomy age of ignorance and superstition; but at an epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any fo…"

"The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."

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