Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.----George WashingtonBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are afften concealed in occurences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive someone of their natural liberty upon the supposition they might abuse it. [gender-netural wording added.]
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Be courteous with all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appelation.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
