If You Run After Wit, You Will

When The Body Of The People Is Possessed Of The Supreme Power, It Is Called A Democracy.

Republics Are Brought To Their Ends By Luxury; Monarchies By Poverty.

A Fondness For Reading Changes The Inevitable Dull Hours Of Our Life Into Exquisite Hours Of Delight.

When A Government Is Arrived To That Degree Of Corruption As To Be Incapable Of Reforming Itself, It Would Not Lose Much By Being New Moulded.

Passion Makes Us Feel, But Never See Clearly.