What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it.
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.
It is more important to detect corruption than fiction.
A hero in one age will be a hero in another.