Perfectibility Is One Of The Most Unequivocal

No Man Must Encroach Upon My Province, Nor I Upon His. He May Advise Me, Moderately And Without Pertinaciousness, But He Must Not Expect To Dictate To Me. He May Censure Me Freely And Without Reserve; But He Should Remember That I Am To Act By My Deliberation And Not His. I Ought To Exercise My Talents For The Benefit Of Others; But That Exercise Must Be The Fruit Of My Own Conviction; No Man Must Attempt To Press Me Into The Service.

Man Is The Only Creature We Know, That, When The Term Of His Natural Life Is Ended, Leaves The Memory Of Himself Behind Him.

Power Is Not Happiness. Security And Peace Are More To Be Desired Than A Name At Which Nations Tremble.

There Is No Sphere In Which A Human Being Can Be Supposed To Act Where One Mode Of Reasoning Will Not, In Every Given Instance, Be More Reasonable Than Any Other Mode. That Mode The Being Is Bound By Every Principle Of Justice To Pursue.

Books Are The Depositary Of Everything That Is Most Honourable To Man.