Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.

And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?

The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.

Silence gives consent.

Religion does what philosophy could never do; it shows the equal dealings of Heaven to the happy and the unhappy, and levels all human enjoyments to nearly the same standard. It gives to both rich and poor the same happiness hereafter, and equal hopes to aspire after it.

So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.

A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.