"My dear Gov. Lee: You have exchanged the rugged field of Mars for the soft and pleasurable bed of Venus."

"It is to be lamented, that great characters are seldom without a blot."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"If we mean to support the liberty and independence which we have so gloriously struggled for, we must be more virtuous and become more industrious."

"Dear Tench: We have had various conjectures about you. Some thought you were dead, others that you were married."