No god is absent where prudence dwells.
No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.
No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.