The real object of the drama is the exhibition of human character.
An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.
In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books.
A beggarly people, A church and no steeple.
The good-humor of a man elated with success often displays itself towards enemies.