marginalia

"An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression."
Proverbs 29:22

surreptitious- kept secret especially because it would not be approved of

factitious- artificially created or developed

inestimable- too great to calculate

demure- (of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy

heterogeneous- diverse in character or content

unctuous- (of a person) excessively or irritatingly flattering

"Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of democracy." Alexander Hamilton

"Without law there can be no freedom." an ancient Greek saying