A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
Historians are gossips who tease the dead
Never having been able to succeed in the world, he took his revenge by speaking ill of it.
Mortals are equal; their mask differs.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.