All empire is no more than power in trust.
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.
Time glides with undiscover'd haste; The future but a length behind the past.
The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted.
Having mourned your sin, for outward Eden lost, find paradise within.