There is, in fact, no law or government at all; and it is wonderful how well things go on without them.
Curiosity kills itself; and love is only curiosity, as is proved by its end.
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.
And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.
Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolish'd the right arm Of his own country.
For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear.