The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.

Even the law of gravitation would be brought into dispute were there a pecuniary interest involved.

More sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning.

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

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.