A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen.

Women are extreme; they are better than men, or worse.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

You think him to be your dupe; if he feigns to be so who is the greater dupe, he or you?

There is what is called the highway to posts and honor, and there is a cross and by way, which is much the shortest.

A woman with eyes only for one person, or with eyes always averted from him, creates exactly the same impression.

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.