 This dark brightness that falls from the stars. |
| He who fears not death fears not a threat. |
| I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion. |
| Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. |
| True, I am young, but for souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years. |
| Flee an enemy who knows your weakness. |
| He who forgives readily only invites offense. |
| It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace. |
| Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse. |
| They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always. |
| I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace. |
| He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. |
| Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven. |
| To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible. |
| A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. |
| He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador. |
| I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. |
| We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. |
| When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied. |
| Self-love is the source of all our other loves. |
