Certain Signs Precede Certain Events.

In This Statement, My Scipio, I Build On Your Own Admirable Definition, That There Can Be No Community, Properly So Called, Unless It Be Regulated By A Combination Of Rights. And By This Definition It Appears That A Multitude Of Men May Be Just As Tyrannical As A Single Despot And Indeed This Is The Most Odious Of All Tyrannies, Since No Monster Can Be More Barbarous Than The Mob, Which Assumes The Name And Mask Of The People.

We Were Born To Unite With Our Fellow Men, And To Join In Community With The Human Race.

The Proof Of A Well-trained Mind Is That It Rejoices In Which Is Good And Grieves At The Opposite.

The Whole Life Of A Philosopher Is The Meditation Of His Death.

Let Arms Yield To The Toga, Let The [victor's] Laurel Yield To The [orator's] Tongue.