Curiosity, Like All Other Desires, Produces Pain

When Emulation Leads Us To Strive For Self-elevation By Merit Alone, And Not By Belittling Another, Then It Is One Of The Grandest Possible Incentives To Action.

To A People Warlike And Indigent, An Incursion Into A Rich Country Is Never Hurtful.

To Be Prejudiced Is Always To Be Weak

Hypocrisy Is The Necessary Burden Of Villainy, Affectation Part Of The Chosen Trappings Of Folly; The One Completes A Villain, The Other Only Finishes A Fop.

There Is No Book So Poor That It Would Not Be A Prodigy If Wholly Made By A Single Man.