Nothing is more common than for persons to hate those whom they have injured.
A hero in one age will be a hero in another.
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.