 Custom adapts itself to expediency. |
| A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. |
| The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
| Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty. |
| Things forbidden have a secret charm. |
| All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome. |
| The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. |
| When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing. |
| Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. |
| Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. |
| To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it. |
| He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. |
| It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. |
| Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. |
| Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. |
| All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. |
