Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest elevation by way of a joke.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Peace visits not the guilty mind.
The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.