Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
I wish it I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.
A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
Luxury is more deadly than any foe.
All wish to be learned but no one is willing to pay the price.
No man ever became very wicked all at once.
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
We should pray for a sane mind in a sound body.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Honesty's praised then left to freeze.
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.
Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
Many individuals have like uncut diamonds shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Must this with farce and folly rack myhead unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,Whine me dead?
The smell of profit is clean and sweet whatever the source.
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many and grows inveterate in their insane breasts.