There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

The freedom of poetic license.

Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.