We Are More Solicitous That Men Speak

Opinion Is A Powerful Party, Bold, And Without Measure.

I Speak The Truth, Not My Fill Of It, But As Much As I Dare Speak; And I Dare To Do So A Little More As I Grow Old.

To Compose Our Character Is Our Duty, Not To Compose Books, And To Win, Not Battles And Provinces, But Order And Tranquillity In Our Conduct.

Disappointment And Feebleness Imprint Upon Us A Cowardly And Valetudinarian Virtue.

There Is Power In Ambition, Pleasure In Luxury...but Envy Can Gain Nothing But Vexation.