Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rusticks or mechanics, so the most heroick sentiments will lose their efficacy
It was - it's always very nice to be somebody rather grand.
The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.
Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight; For seldom yet did living creature see That courtesie and manhood ever disagree.
Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.
Lords are lordliest in their wine.
Her court was pure, her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed.
I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
