The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.
Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.
A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities.
A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.
A good lawyer is a bad Christian.