I shall be as secret as the grave.

When we leave this world, and are laid in the earth, the prince walks as narrow a path as the day-laborer.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

The beauty of some women has days and seasons, depending upon accidents which diminish or increase it; nay, the very passions of the mind naturally improve or impair it, and very often utterly destroy it.

When you are at Rome, do as you see.

Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.

Give the devil his due.