It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
To lay down one's life for the truth.