I Wish I Was As Sure Of

None Of The Modes By Which A Magistrate Is Appointed, Popular Election, The Accident Of The Lot, Or The Accident Of Birth, Affords, As Far As We Can Perceive, Much Security For His Being Wiser Than Any Of His Neighbours. The Chance Of His Being Wiser Than All His Neighbours Together Is Still Smaller.

The Effective Strength Of Sects Is Not To Be Ascertained Merely By Counting Heads.

By Poetry We Mean The Art Of Employing Of Words In Such A Manner As To Produce An Illusion On The Imagination; The Art Of Doing By Means Of Words, What The Painter Does By Means Of Colors.

History Begins In Novel And Ends In Essay.

He Was A Rake Among Scholars, And A Scholar Among Rakes.