All Soils Are Not Fertile.

Not To Have Knowledge Of What Happened Before You Were Born Is To Be Condemned To Live As A Child.

If A Man Aspires To The Highest Place, It Is No Dishonor To Him To Halt At The Second, Or Even At The Third.

Virtue Is A Habit Of The Mind, Consistent With Nature And Moderation And Reason.

Our Thoughts Are Free.

So It May Well Be Believed That When I Found Him Taking A Complete Holiday, With A Vast Supply Of Books At Command, He Had The Air Of Indulging In A Literary Debauch, If The Term May Be Applied To So Honorable An Occupation.