The Worth Of A Book Is To

Life Is Too Short For Reading Inferior Books.

A Political Career Brings Out The Basest Qualities In Human Nature.

The Chief Practical Use Of History Is To Deliver Us From Plausible Historical Analogies.

I Have Often Asked Americans Wherein They Consider Their Freedom Superior To That Of The English, But Have Never Found Them Able To Indicate A Single Point In Which The Individual Is Worse Off In England As Regards His Private Civil Rights Or His General Liberty Of Doing And Thinking As He Pleases. They Generally Turn The Discussion To Social Equality, The Existence Of A Monarchy And Hereditary Titles And So Forth - Matters Which Are, Of Course, Quite Different From Freedom In Its Proper Sense.

California, More Than Any Other Part Of The Union, Is A Country By Itself, And San Francisco A Capital.