Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate whatever we have overpraised, and, on the other hand, to show undue indulgence where we have shown undue rigor.
Thomas B. MacaulayTemple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.
Thomas B. MacaulayGenius is subject to the same laws which regulate the production of cotton and molasses.
Thomas B. Macaulay