Men Are Only Clever At Shifting Blame

An Honor Prudently Declined Often Returns With Increased Luster.

Men Are Least Safe From What Success Induces Them Not To Fear.

The Less There Is Of Fear, The Less There Is Of Danger.

The Study Of History Is The Best Medicine For A Sick Mind; For In History You Have A Record Of The Infinite Variety Of Human Experience Plainly Set Out For All To See; And In That Record You Can Find Yourself And Your Country Both Examples And Warnings; Fine Things To Take As Models, Base Things Rotten Through And Through, To Avoid.

The Populace Is Like The Sea Motionless In Itself, But Stirred By Every Wind, Even The Lightest Breeze.