Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and wi... - George Washington

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

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

"True 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."

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