Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
Great offices will have great talents.
If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
Remorse begets reform.
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?