Persuasion Is The Resource Of The Feeble;

Europe Is Secure From Any Future Irruptions Of Barbarians; Since, Before They Can Conquer, They Must Cease To Be Barbarous.

The Subject, However Various And Important, Has Already Been So Frequently, So Ably, And So Successfully Discussed, That It Is Now Grown Familiar To The Reader, And Difficult To The Writer.

Religion Is A Mere Question Of Geography.

Revenge Is Profitable, Gratitude Is Expensive.

It Was Here That I Suspended My Religious Inquiries (aged 17).