Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.
True disputants are like true sportsmen: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.