Fear Gives Sudden Instincts Of Skill.

A Maxim Is A Conclusion Upon Observation Of Matters Of Fact, And Is Merely Speculative; A "principle" Carries Knowledge Within Itself, And Is Prospective.

What Is One Man's Gain Is Another's Loss.

We Ne'er Can Be Made Happy By Compulsion.

The True Key To The Declension Of The Roman Empire Which Is Not To Be Found In All Gibbon 's Immense Work May Be Stated In Two Words: The Imperial Character Overlaying, And Finally Destroying, The National Character. Rome Under Trajan Was An Empire Without A Nation.

People Of Humor Are Always In Some Degree People Of Genius.