Man appoints, and God disappoints.

But do not give it to a lawyer's clerk to write, for they use a legal hand that Satan himself will not understand.

Give the devil his due.

I find my familiarity with thee has bred contempt.

Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

I shall be as secret as the grave.