Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.
Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.