Falsehood avails itself of haste and uncertainty.
People flatter us because they can depend upon our credulity.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.