Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now. Votes: 11
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior. Votes: 6
When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist. Votes: 6
Whatever is done by design is always overdone. Votes: 6
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is. Votes: 5
The law has no power over heroes. Votes: 4
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity. Votes: 3
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice. Votes: 3
A hero in one age will be a hero in another. Votes: 0
We are better deceived by having some truth told us than none. Votes: 0
There is no logic like the logic of the heart. Votes: 0
It is easy to be just when our own inclinations do not oppose it. Votes: 0
The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination. Votes: 0
Nothing is more common than for persons to hate those whom they have injured. Votes: 0
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. Votes: 0
Truth is not always injured by fiction. Votes: 0
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own. Votes: 0
The life of a good man is a continual prayer. Votes: 0
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. Votes: 0
It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. Votes: 0