It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

Apples taste sweetest when they're going.

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

There is no evil without its compensation.

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.

I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.