The Modern Masters Promise Very Little

Standing Armies Can Never Consist Of Resolute Robust Men; They May Be Well-disciplined Machines, But They Will Seldom Contain Men Under The Influence Of Strong Passions, Or With Very Vigorous Faculties.

I, A Miserable Wretch, Haunted By A Curse That Shut Up Every Avenue To Enjoyment.

I Beheld The Wretch-the Miserable Monster Whom I Had Created.

If The Study To Which You Apply Yourself Has A Tendency To Weaken Your Affections And To Destroy Your Taste For Those Simple Pleasures In Which No Alloy Can Possibly Mix, Then That Study Is Certainly Unlawful, That Is To Say, Not Befitting The Human Mind.

It Is With Considerable Difficulty That I Remember The Original Era Of My Being