Time,--the Most Independent Of All

The World Dread Nothing So Much As Being Convinced Of Their Errors.

Those Only Deserve A Monument Who Do Not Need One; That Is, Who Have Raised Themselves A Monument In The Minds And Memories Of Men.

When You Find Out A Man's Ruling Passion, Beware Of Crossing Him In It.

I Am Not, In The Ordinary Acceptation Of The Term, A Good-natured Man; That Is, Many Things Annoy Me Besides What Interferes With My Own Ease And Interest. I Hate A Lie; A Piece Of Injustice Wounds Me To The Quick, Though Nothing But The Report Of It Reach Me. Therefore I Have Made Many Enemies And Few Friends; For The Public Know Nothing Of Well-wishers, And Keep A Wary Eye On Those Who Would Reform Them.

Fashion Constantly Begins And Ends In The Two Things It Abhors Most, Singularity And Vulgarity.