My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.

Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.

Gods should not resemble men in their anger!

The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.

Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury.

If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.

Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.