Cats like men are flatterers.

Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.

We fancy that our afflictions are sent us directly from above; sometimes we think it in piety and contrition, but oftener in moroseness and discontent.

It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

God scatters beauty as he scatters flowers O'er the wide earth, and tells us all are ours. A hundred lights in every temple burn, And at each shrine I bend my knee in turn.

Delay in justice is injustice.