Let's pretend that we're human beings and that we're actually alive.
Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.
Marriage is rather a silly habit.
Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay
It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.
And even in the hatred of the majority, there's a kind of triumph because I know that, although they'd never admit it, they secretly respect me.