There Was A Time When The World

Mediocrity Is Excellent To The Eyes Of Mediocre People.

Forms Of Government Become Established Of Themselves. They Shape Themselves, They Are Not Created. We May Give Them Strength And Consistency, But We Cannot Call Them Into Being. Let Us Rest Assured That The Form Of Government Can Never Be A Matter Of Choice: It Is Almost Always A Matter Of Necessity.

I Resemble The Poplar,--that Tree Which, Even When Old, Still Looks Young.

God Is The Place Where I Do Not Remember The Rest.

A Man Who Shows No Defect Is A Fool Or A Hypocrite, Whom We Should Mistrust. There Are Defects So Bound To Fine Qualities That They Announce Them,--defects Which It Is Well Not To Correct.