George Washington

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

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

The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are afften concealed in occurences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive someone of their natural liberty upon the supposition they might abuse it. [gender-netural wording added.]

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Be courteous with all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appelation.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.