Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.

P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.

There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.

A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.