A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.
Flattery is no more than what raises in a man's mind an idea of a preference which he has not.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.
Prudence is a quality incompatible with vice, and can never be effectively enlisted in its cause.
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites.