Reason thus with life,
If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing
That none but fools would keep.
Shakespeare.
MOORE (Sir John). I hope my country will do me justice.
NAPOLEON I. Mon Dieu! La nation Francaise! Tête d'armée!
NAPOLEON III. Were you at Sedan? (To Dr. Conneau.)
NELSON. I thank God I have done my duty.
NERO. Qualis artifex pereo!
PALMER (the actor). There is another and a better country. (This he said on the stage, it being a line in the part he was acting. From The Stranger.)