"I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."

"I have always given it as my opinion that no terms should be made with a people who are so lost to every sense of honor and principle as to be capable of such barbarity."

"I am clearly in sentiment with you, that no man ought to be deprived of the fruits of his labour but by his own consent."

"Experience teaches us that men are often so much governed by what they are accustomed to see and practice, that the most simple and obvious improvements, in the most ordinary occupations, are adopted …"

"unless someone pops in unexpectedly-Mrs. Washington and myself will do what I believe has not been done within the last twenty years by us, that is to sit down to dinner by ourselves."