What is necessary is never a risk.
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.
Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.
She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.
Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.
One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault, before looking for a remedy-which means he often finds the remedy too late.