You Should Indeed Have Longer Tarried By

Of All Studies, The Most Delightful And The Most Useful Is Biography. The Seeds Of Great Events Lie Near The Surface; Historians Delve Too Deep For Them. No History Was Ever True. Lives I Have Read Which, If They Were Not, Had The Appearance, The Interest, And The Utility Of Truth.

Solitude Is The Audience-chamber Of God.

In Argument, Truth Always Prevails Finally; In Politics, Falsehood Always.

As The Pearl Ripens In The Obscurity Of Its Shell, So Ripens In The Tomb All The Fame That Is Truly Precious.

Other Offences, Even The Greatest, Are The Violation Of One Law: Despotism Is The Violation Of All.