Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Whatever is unknown is magnified.

Then there is the usual scene when lovers are excited with each other, quarrels, entreaties, reproaches, and then fondling reconcilement.

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

Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.

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

Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.