Is there such depravity in man as that he should injure another without benefit to himself? - Samuel Johnson

Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own great merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Unless a Woman has an Amorous Heart,
She is a Dull Companion.