Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an e... - George Washington

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

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her."

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."

"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."