The World Is A Wheel, And It

Talk To A Man About Himself And He Will Listen For Hours.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition. It Reduces Their Supporters To That Tractable Number Which Can Be Managed By The Joint Influences Of Fruition And Hope. It Offers Vengeance To The Discontented, And Distinction To The Ambitious; And Employs The Energies Of Aspiring Spirits, Who Otherwise May Prove Traitors In A Division Or Assassins In A Debate.

I Do Not Believe Such A Quality As Chance Exists. Every Incident That Happens Must Be A Link In A Chain.

Sir, Very Few People Reach Posterity. Who Amongst Us May Arrive At That Destination I Presume Not To Vaticinate. Posterity Is A Most Limited Assembly. Those Gentlemen Who Reach Posterity Are Not Much More Numerous Than The Planets.

To Be Conscious That You Are Ignorant Of The Facts Is A Great Step To Knowledge.