No noble thing can be done without risks.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

It costs an unreasonable woman no more to pass over one reason than another; they cherish themselves most where they are most wrong.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice, and that it is from her that she derives her reputation and honor?

The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.