There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Speech is always bolder than action.
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and grasp after the things of this world, only to undergo the pang of losing them.
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
To be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven.