Obtuseness Is Sometimes A Virtue.

Extremes Produce Reaction. Beware That Our Boasted Civilization Does Not Lapse Into Barbarism.

Axioms Are Delightful In Theory, But Impossible In Practice.

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.

Silence Never Yet Betrayed Any One!

To Be Ungrateful Is To Be Unnatural. The Head May Be Thus Guilty, Not The Heart.