Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

Rule No. 1: Never lose money; rule No. 2: Don’t forget rule No. 1.