Mediocrity Is A Hand-rail.

The Ottoman Empire Whose Sick Body Was Not Supported By A Mild And Regular Diet, But By A Powerful Treatment, Which Continually Exhausted It.

I Acknowledge That History Is Full Of Religious Wars: But We Must Distinguish; It Is Not The Multiplicity Of Religions Which Has Produced These Wars; It Was The Intolerating Spirit Which Animated That One Which Thought She Had The Power Of Governing.

Republics Come To An End By Luxurious Habits; Monarchies By Poverty.

Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous. To Be Convinced Of This We Need Only Represent, On The One Hand,the Numberless Benefits Which Result From Vanity, As Industry, The Arts, Fashions, Politeness, And Taste; And On The Other, The Infinite Evils Which Spring From The Pride Of Certain Nations, A Laziness, Poverty, A Total Neglect Of Everything.

The Mood And Temper Of The Public In Regard To The Treatment Of Crime And Criminals Is One Of The Most Unfailing Tests Of The Civilisation Of Any Country.