Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.

Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.

Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.