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- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
- Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? — William Shakespeare
- You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. — Benjamin Disraeli
- I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen. — Henry Laurens
- I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned. — Henry Laurens
- Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it. — Henry Laurens