Vices Are Often Habits Rather Than Passions.

The World Is Governed By Love,--self-love.

The Only Thing Wealth Does For Some People Is To Make Them Worry About Losing It.

The Most Civilized People Are As Near To Barbarism As The Most Polished Steel Is To Rust. Nations, Like Metals, Have Only A Superficial Brilliancy.

The Absolute Ruler May Be A Nero, But He Is Sometimes A Titus Or Marc Aurelius; The People Is Often Nero, But Never Marc Aurelius.

Mutability Is Written Upon All Things.