Under a bad cloak there is often a good drinker

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

It is not the responsibility of knights errant to discover whether the afflicted, the enchained and the oppressed whom they encounter on the road are reduced to these circumstances and suffer this distress for their vices, or for their virtues: the knight's sole responsibility is to succour them as people in need, having eyes only for their sufferings, not for their misdeeds.

One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.

From reading too much, and sleeping too little, his brain dried up on him and he lost his judgment.

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

Does the devil possess you? You're leaping over the hedge before you come at the stile.