The Greatest Mistake Is Trying To Be

Conquest Is The Missionary Of Valor, And The Hard Impact Of Military Virtues Beats Meanness Out Of The World.

An Influential Member Of Parliament Has Not Only To Pay Much Money To Become Such, And To Give Time And Labour, He Has Also To Sacrifice His Mind Too - At Least All The Characteristics Part Of It That Which Is Original And Most His Own.

Royalty Is A Government In Which The Attention Of The Nation Is Concentrated On One Person Doing Interesting Actions. A Republic Is A Government In Which That Attention Is Divided Between Many, Who Are All Doing Uninteresting Actions. Accordingly, So Long As The Human Heart Is Strong And The Human Reason Weak, Royalty Will Be Strong Because It Appeals To Diffused Feeling, And Republics Weak Because They Appeal To The Understanding.

Civilized Ages Inherit The Human Nature Which Was Victorious In Barbarous Ages, And That Nature Is, In Many Respects, Not At All Suited To Civilized Circumstances.

All The Inducements Of Early Society Tend To Foster Immediate Action; All Its Penalties Fall On The Man Who Pauses; The Traditional Wisdom Of Those Times Was Never Weary Of Inculcating That "delays Are Dangerous," And That The Sluggish Man The Man "who Roasteth Not That Which He Took In Hunting" Will Not Prosper On The Earth, And Indeed Will Very Soon Perish Out Of It. And In Consequence An Inability To Stay Quiet, An Irritable Desire To Act Directly, Is One Of The Most Conspicuous Failings Of Mankind.