The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco)

He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.

He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.

Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment.

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions.

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing.