Reason Is An Historian, But The Passions

The Most Civilized People Are As Near To Barbarism As The Most Polished Steel Is To Rust. Nations, Like Metals, Have Only A Superficial Brilliancy.

Youth Is Not The Era Of Wisdom; Let Us Therefore Have Due Consideration.

Opinions, Theories, And Systems Pass By Turns Over The Grindstone Of Time, Which At First Gives Them Brilliancy And Sharpness, But Finally Wears Them Out.

What Isn’t Clear, Isn’t French.

History Is Only Time Furnished With Dates And Rich With Events.