A Painter Can Hang His Pictures, But

The Ancients Understood The Regulation Of Power Better Than The Regulation Of Liberty.

It Takes A Long Time To Understand Nothing.

So Much Of Our Lives Is Given Over To The Consideration Of Our Imperfections That There Is No Time To Improve Our Imaginary Virtues. The Truth Is We Only Perfect Our Vices, And Man Is A Worse Creature When He Dies Than He Was When He Was Born.

Recognize The Cunning Man Not By The Corpses He Pays Homage To But By The Living Writers He Conspires Against With The Most Shameful Weapon, Silence, Or The Briefest Review.

The Earnings Of A Poet Could Be Reckoned By A Metaphysician Rather Than A Bookkeeper.