You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
Are you hero enough to unite yourself to one whom you know to be suspected and despised by all around you, and identify your interests and your honor with hers?
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.