Avarice Is The Vice Of Declining Years.

The Exact Measure Of The Progress Of Civilization Is The Degree In Which The Intelligence Of The Common Mind Has Prevailed Over Wealth And Brute Force.

The Prejudices Of Ignorance Are More Easily Removed Than The Prejudices Of Interest; The First Are Blindly Adopted; The Second Wilfully Preferred.

Where The People Possess No Authority, Their Rights Obtain No Respect.

The Public Is Wiser Than The Wisest Critic.

Truth Is Not Exciting Enough To Those Who Depend On The Characters And Lives Of Their Neighbors For All Their Amusement; And If A Story Is Told Of More Than Common Interest, Ennui Is Sure To Have Its Joy In Adding Embellishments. If Hours Did Not Hang Heavy, What Would Become Of Scandal?