“She had that instinctive malice that makes one pick out for hatred the very persons who have done one a good turn. She was not merely ungrateful, but her only response to a benefit received was to revenge it.”

A sharp characterisation of ingratitude turning into active hostility · Prose comment on Queen Elizabeth

• Criticism
• Ingratitude
• Power

“Holland is as fertile in sects as Italy is in mushrooms: new doctrines sprout overnight from the dreams of men.”

A caustic comment on the rapid growth of religious divisions · Prose observation or satire

• Difference
• Religion
• Satire