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

— George Washington

But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.

— George Washington

[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

...do not spare any reasonable expense to come at early and true information; always recollecting, and bearing in mind, that vague and uncertain accounts of things [are]... more disturbing and dangerous than receiving none at all.

— George Washington

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

— George Washington

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

— George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

— George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

— George Washington

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

— George Washington