An honest man you may form of windle-straws, but to make a rogue you must have grist.

Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.