Half-knowledge Is Worse Than Ignorance.

Propriety Of Thought And Propriety Of Diction Are Commonly Found Together. Obscurity And Affectation Are The Two Greatest Faults Of Style. Obscurity Of Expression Generally Springs From Confusion Of Ideas; And The Same Wish To Dazzle, At Any Cost, Which Produces Affectation In The Manner Of A Writer, Is Likely To Produce Sophistry In His Reasonings.

To Be A Really Good Historian Is Perhaps The Rarest Of Intellectual Distinctions.

The Hearts Of Men Are Their Books; Events Are Their Tutors; Great Actions Are Their Eloquence.

The End Of Government Is The Happiness Of The People.

Nothing Is So Useless As A General Maxim.