There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.
The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.