I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.

He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I fear my God, and I fear none but Him.

A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury.

I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.

Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

I can hear those glances that you think are silent.

The part I remember best is the beginning.