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Everyone Likes Flattery; And When You Come To Royalty You Should Lay It On With A Trowel.

Popular Privileges Are Consistent With A State Of Society In Which There Is Great Inequality Of Position. Democratic Rights, On The Contrary, Demand That There Should Be Equality Of Condition As The Fundamental Basis Of The Society They Regulate.

Knowledge Of Mankind Is A Knowledge Of Their Passions.

I Do Not Like Giving Advice: It Is Incurring An Unnecessary Responsibility.

There Are So Many Plans, So Many Schemes, And So Many Reasons Why There Should Be Neither Plans Nor Schemes.