The itch of disputation will prove the scab of the Church.
An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.
Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.
You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own — What are you when the rose is blown?