All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.
We animate what we can see, and we see only what we animate.
When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.
Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine