Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.

I believe that two and two are four and that four and four are eight.

One is easily fooled by that which one loves.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.