Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.
It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it.
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.