George Washington

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. ”

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. ”

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. ”

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ”

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. ”

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ”

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. ”

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction. ”

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. ”