Perfection Is Always Found In Maturity, Whether

The Ability To Discriminate Between That Which Is True And That Which Is False Is One Of The Last Attainments Of The Human Mind.

The Tendency Of Democracies Is, In All Things, To Mediocrity.

We Can All Perceive The Difference Between Ourselves And Our Inferiors, But When It Comes To A Question Of The Difference Between Us And Our Superiors We Fail To Appreciate Merits Of Which We Have No Proper Conceptions.

Systems Are To Be Appreciated By Their General Effects, And Not By Particular Exceptions.

At No Period Of The Naval History Of The World, Is It Probable That Marines Were More Important Than During The War Of The Revolution.