Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.
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.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.
In all things there is a law of cycles.