No man becomes bad all at once.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.

Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.

The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.