Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call.
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.