I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.
A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory; because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.
Ingratitude in a superior is very often nothing more than the refusal of some unreasonable request; and if the patron does too little, it is not unfrequently because the dependent expects too much.
13. Phrases are often set off by a semicolon, viz.:
a. Explanatory phrases.
There remain to us moderns, only two roads to success; discovery and conquest.
b. Participial and adjective phrases. {p100}
I have first considered whether it be worth while to say anything at all, before I have taken any trouble to say it well; knowing that words are but air, and that both are capable of much condensation.
These roads are what all roads should be; suitable for light carriages, and for heavy-laden wagons.
c. Any phrase, especially if elliptical, or if divisible into smaller portions by commas.