Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
Discover the opinion of your enemies, which is commonly the truest; for they will give you no quarter, and allow nothing to complaisance.
The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?
How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind!
She feared no danger, for she knew no sin.
Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.