Tears are the silent language of grief.
The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted.
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
The more you know, the less sure you are.
A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.