“The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.”

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.

Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.

Every man thinks God is on his side.

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

It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.

Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

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

You’ve got a degree in philosophy; so you think you’re cleverer than me. But I’m not just some drama queen. Cause it’s where you’re at, not where you’ve been.

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity.

A person’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head, and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you’ll be ruled by what other people think of you.