His impressive manner of delivering his words148 made one overvalue the freight they carried.
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them: and to please an audience, as a speaker, one must not overvalue it.
But while I bid men not undervalue English liberty, so also on the other hand I charge them not to overvalue it.
It stakes us happy to overvalue each other; let us keep that illusion.
Value by all means your English liberty, but do not overvalue it.
