Seek For Good, But Expect Evil.

There Are Only Two Families In The World, My Old Grandmother Used To Say, The Haves And The Have-nots.

History Is The Depository Of Great Actions, The Witness Of What Is Past, The Example And Instructor Of The Present, And Monitor To The Future.

The Good Governor Should Have A Broken Leg And Keep At Home.

Let Every Man Look Before He Leaps.

Men Of Great Talents, Whether Poets Or Historians, Seldom Escape The Attacks Of Those Who, Without Ever Favoring The World With Any Production Of Their Own, Take Delight In Criticising The Works Of Others.