The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
How easy love makes fools of us.
Even Rome cannot grant us a dispensation from death.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.