Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace?

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

A noisy man is always in the right.

There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.

But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.