One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.

Withersoever the wheel of Fortune turns, Virtue stands firm upon her feet.

The laws can't be enforced against the man who is the laws' master.

A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it.

There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.