“Too many kings can ruin an army.”

Some things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.

To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don’t have to do squat!

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.

No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.

Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.

Trying is the first step toward failure.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

The force of union conquers all.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.

The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.