Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws.
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we endeavor to resemble them.