All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.

By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.

The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.