Fear Has Been The Original Parent Of

The Inactivity Of A Conqueror Betrays The Loss Of Strength And Blood . . .

Books Are Those Faithful Mirrors That Reflect To Our Mind The Minds Of Sages And Heroes.

The Love Of Freedom, So Often Invigorated And Disgraced By Private Ambition, Was Reduced, Among The Licentious Franks, To The Contempt Of Order, And The Desire Of Impunity.

Persuasion Is The Resource Of The Feeble; And The Feeble Can Seldom Persuade . . .

Feeble And Timid Minds . . . Consider The Use Of Dilatory And Ambiguous Measures As The Most Admirable Efforts Of Consummate Prudence.