To Be Good, And Do Good, Is

But Let No Person Say What They Would Or Would Not Do, Since We Are Not Judges For Ourselves Until Circumstances Call Us To Act.

A People Fired ... With Love Of Their Country And Of Liberty, A Zeal For The Public Good, And A Noble Emulation Of Glory, Will Not Be Disheartened Or Dispirited By A Succession Of Unfortunate Events. But Like Them, May We Learn By Defeat The Power Of Becoming Invincible.

A People May Let A King Fall, Yet Still Remain A People, But If A King Let His People Slip From Him, He Is No Longer A King.

Wisdom And Penetration Are The Fruit Of Experience, Not The Lessons Of Retirement And Leisure. Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues.

How Difficult The Task To Quench The Fire And The Pride Of Private Ambition, And To Sacrifice Ourselves And All Our Hopes And Expectations To The Public Weal! How Few Have Souls Capable Of So Noble An Undertaking!