Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.
When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
I have been at my book; and am now past the craggy paths of study, and come to the flowery plains of honour and reputation
The pipe marks the point at which the orangutan ends and man begins.
Poets are far rarer birds than kings.