Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.

'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive.

The busy have no time for tears.

Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.

Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.