The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
War is the trade of kings.
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
Truth is the object of our understanding, as good is of our will; and the understanding can no more be delighted with a lie than the will can choose an apparent evil.
They say everything in the world is good for something.
If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.