Government Rules The Present. Literature Rules The

No Public Character Has Ever Stood The Revelation Of Private Utterance And Correspondence.

The History Of Institutions Is Often A History Of Deception And Illusions; For Their Virtue Depends On The Ideas That Produce And On The Spirit That Preserves Them, And The Form May Remain Unaltered When The Substance Has Passed Away.

Learn As Much By Writing As By Reading.

History Is Not A Burden On The Memory But An Illumination Of The Soul.

The Strong Man With The Dagger Is Followed By The Weak Man With The Sponge.