I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.