Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

Every offense is avenged on earth.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs.

The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn.