The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
Lo, what huge heaps of littleness around!
The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!
Never elated when someone's oppressed, never dejected when another one's blessed.
Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.
There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.