"I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent."

"If I should conceive myself to be of too much importance to the cause, and to be unwilling to make such sacrifices as the crisis may require, it would be a proof of my unworthiness."

"Speak not evil of the absent, for it is a sure way to lose the confidence of all present."

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

"The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government."