Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – 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
The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French b