In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
A hero in one age will be a hero in another.
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.