Slander Is The Solace Of Malignity.

Beautiful Works Do Not Intoxicate, But They Enchant.

The Passions Should Be Purged; All May Become Innocent If They Are Well Directed And Moderated. Even Hatred Maybe A Commendable Feeling When It Is Caused By A Lively Love Of Good. Whatever Makes The Passions Pure, Makes Them Stronger, More Durable, And More Enjoyable.

Without Duty, Life Is Soft And Boneless.

The Ways Suited To Confidence Are Familiar To Me, But Not Those That Are Suited To Familiarity.

History Needs Distance, Perspective. Facts And Events Which Are Too Well Attested Cease, In Some Sort, To Be Malleable.