"Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country."

"The reflection upon my situation, and that of this army, produces many an uneasy hour, when all around me are wrapped…"

"Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, in…"

"Tis true, I profess myself a Votary to Love — I acknowledge that a Lady is in the Case — and further I confess, that …"

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

"The General is sorry to be informed —, that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice h…"

"Unhappy it is though to reflect, that a Brother's Sword has been sheathed in a Brother's breast, and that, the once h…"

"As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept…"

"When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen."

"To expect … the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never d…"