Everything Is More Or Less

All Great Events Hang By A Single Thread. The Clever Man Takes Advantage Of Everything, Neglects Nothing That May Give Him Some Added Opportunity; The Less Clever Man, By Neglecting One Thing, Sometimes Misses Everything.

Obedience To Public Authority Ought Not To Be Based Either On Ignorance Or Stupidity.

Malice Delights To Blacken The Characters Of Prominent Men.

It Requires More Courage To Suffer Than To Die.

When Defending Itself Against Another Country, A Nation Never Lacks Men, But Too Often, Soldiers.