The Grave Is A Common Treasury, To

Those Who Quit Their Proper Character To Assume What Does Not Belong To Them Are, For The Greater Part, Ignorant Both Of The Character They Leave And Of The Character They Assume.

Men Love To Hear Of Their Power, But Have An Extreme Disrelish To Be Told Their Duty.

A Populace Never Rebels From Passion For Attack, But From Impatience Of Suffering.

In History, A Great Volume Is Unrolled For Our Instruction, Drawing The Materials Of Future Wisdom From The Past Errors And Infirmities Of Mankind.

The Wisdom Of Our Ancestors.