Edward Gibbon

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest
navigators.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest
navigators.

Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.