One observer will relate an event with the most extravagant encomiums; another will detract from its real merit; a third, by some oblique insinuation, will cast suspicion on the motive; and a fourth will represent it as a crime of the blackest dye. These different descriptions represent the character of the respective observers.

Quoted in Joseph William Mellor, A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, (Volume 1)