I wish I was as sure of anything as he is of everything.

The chief-justice was rich, quiet, and infamous.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science.

The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are not those in which a little of the exaggeration of fictitious narrative is judiciously employed. Something is lost in accuracy; but much is gained in effect. The fainter lines are neglected; but the great characteristic features are imprinted on the mind forever.

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.

Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great: Then lands were fairly portioned; Then spoils were fairly sold: The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.