As inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

False fancy brings real misery.

Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.

Great souls endure in silence.

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

Appearance rules the world.