Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft: all is counterfeit in it, the gnawing, sanguinary, insatiate monster.

It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.

If you go to see the woman, do not forget the whip.

Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.

Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.