We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.
It is easier to win love than to keep it.
It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.