Ambition can creep as well as soar. We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order.
It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things. Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.