There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.