Great Minds Had Rather Deserve Contemporaneous Applause

A Cool Blooded And Crafty Politician, When He Would Be Thoroughly Revenged On His Enemy, Makes The Injuries Which Have Been Inflicted, Not On Himself, But On Others, The Pretext Of His Attack. He Thus Engages The World As A Partisan In His Quarrel, And Dignifies His Private Hate, By Giving It The Air Of Disinterested Resentment.

Many A Man May Thank His Talent For His Rank, But No Man Has Ever Been Able To Return The Compliment By Thanking His Rank For His Talent.

Success Seems To Be That Which Forms The Distinction Between Confidence And Conceit.

Patience Is The Support Of Weakness; Impatience The Ruin Of Strength.

Tyrants Have Not Yet Discovered Any Chains That Can Fetter The Mind.