Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.

What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.

Time has nothing to do with the matter.