The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.
The march of the human mind is slow.
The conduct of a losing party never appears right: at least it never can possess the only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar judgements-success.