Historian

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Teks bahasa Inggris saya murni, dan semua bagian yang tidak bermoral ditinggalkan dalam ketidakjelasan bahasa yang dipelajari.

The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.