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

Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

Authority is never without hate.

Woman is woman's natural ally.

When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.