"Every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges, spurred on either by the l…"

"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their …"

"He who walks through a great city to find subjects for weeping, may, God knows, find plenty at every corner to wring …"

"During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the wo…"

"Of all the nations in the world the French are the most renowned for singing over their grievances. Of that country i…"

"Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner…"

"The intrigues of unworthy courtiers to gain the favour of still more unworthy kings, or the records of murderous batt…"

"The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true …"

"The tulip — so named, it is said, from a Turkish word, signifying a turban — was introduced into western Europe about…"

"You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor; He, who has mingled in the fray Of duty that the br…"