Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington

Source: George Washington, Letter to Bushrod Washington (15 January 1783). Complete Quote: Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to Read More…

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

Source: George Washington, The Farewell Address (17 September 1796). Complete Sentence: ‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. Read More…

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

Source: George Washington, Letter to Bushrod Washington (15 January 1783).

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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Source: George Washington, Letter to Bushrod Washington (15 January 1783).