Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.

A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.

He made all countries where he came his own.

We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.

All heiresses are beautiful.