Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.
The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.
The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it in the shades of privacy.
Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.