A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.
Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.