"Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire,--conscience."

Rule from the Copy-book of Washington when a schoolboy.

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."

Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790.

"'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."

His Farewell Address.

"He was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."

"Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington", The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867), ed. John Paul

"He [George Washington Cable] has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to dishonor it."

Letter to William Dean Howells, 27 February 1885, in Albert Bigelow Paine, Mark Twain's letters: Arranged with Comment (1917), Vol. 2, p. 450