Nothing can be fairer, or more noble, than the holy fervor of true zeal.
I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.
Time has nothing to do with the matter.
It is a folly second to none; to try to improve the world.