These idle disputants overlooked the invariable laws of nature, which have connected peace with innocence, plenty with industry, and safety with valour.
Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.
The monastic studies have tended, for the most part, to darken, rather than to dispel, the cloud of superstition.
The revenge of a guilty woman is implacable.
[The monks'] minds were inaccessible to reason or mercy . . .
It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.