Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Then there is the usual scene when lovers are excited with each other, quarrels, entreaties, reproaches, and then fondling reconcilement.
The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.