The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.
Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first.
Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature.
Continuity in everything is unpleasant.
Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is.
Not only do we know God through Jesus Christ, we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ.