Modesty and dew love the shade.

Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.