Ill news are swallow-winged, but what is good walks on crutches.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.
Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.