"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
"I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor."
"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"