Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
Have the courage to do something which deserves transportation if you want to be somebody.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?