The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.