I Have A Much Greater Ambition To

Without Life There Can Be No Action — No Objects Of Pursuit — No Restless Desires — No Tormenting Passions. Hence It Is That We Fondly Cling To It — That We Dread Its Termination As The Close, Not Of Enjoyment, But Of Hope.

The Public Have Neither Shame Or Gratitude.

Those Only Deserve A Monument Who Do Not Need One; That Is, Who Have Raised Themselves A Monument In The Minds And Memories Of Men.

Our Contempt For Others Proves Nothing But The Illiberality And Narrowness Of Our Own Views.

We May Be Willing To Tell A Story Twice, Never To Hear It More Than Once.