If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.

Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Griefs assured are felt before they come.