History Is A Pact Between The Dead,

It Has All The Contortions Of The Sibyl Without The Inspiration.

Religion, To Have Any Force Upon Men's Understandings,--indeed, To Exist At All,--must Be Supposed Paramount To Law, And Independent For Its Substance Upon Any Human Institution, Else It Would Be The Absurdest Thing In The World,--an Acknowledged Cheat.

Religion Is Among The Most Powerful Causes Of Enthusiasm.

Prudence Is Not Only The First In Rank Of The Virtues Political And Moral, But She Is The Director And Regulator, The Standard Of Them All.

An Appearance Of Delicacy, And Even Fragility, Is Almost Essential To Beauty.