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

Style is the image of character.
Edward Gibbon

I was never less alone than when by myself.
Edward Gibbon

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Edward Gibbon

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.
Edward Gibbon

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Edward Gibbon

I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Edward Gibbon

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