So Long As War Is The Main

Life Is A School Of Probability.

It Is Often Said That Men Are Ruled By Their Imaginations; But It Would Be Truer To Say They Are Governed By The Weakness Of Their Imaginations.

In My Youth I Hoped To Do Great Things; Now I Shall Be Satisfied To Get Through Without Scandal.

The Most Melancholy Of Human Reflections, Perhaps, Is That, On The Whole, It Is A Question Whether The Benevolence Of Mankind Does Most Good Or Harm.

The Ethiop Gods Have Ethiop Lips, Bronze Cheeks, And Woolly Hair; The Grecian Gods Are Like The Greeks, As Keen-eyed, Cold And Fair.