Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.
Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.