To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.
Space is to place as eternity is to time.