“The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.”
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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
