"Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire."

"Nothing spoils a confession like repentance."

"My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, nor to one place."

"No one who has not been siezed by the merderous jaws of the viper can know its poison fangs."

"The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs."

"Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master."

"Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans."

"We... anticipate what's to come, then ignore what's actually here."

"Blessed are they who heal you of self-despisings. Of all services which can be done to man, I know of none more precious."

"I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses."