What can they suffer that do not fear to die?
Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.
Nothing made the horse so fat as the king's eye.
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.
Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.