No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.
Men gladly believe what they wish. -Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
People readily believe what they want to believe.
In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.
A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.