People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!
If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.
The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Grammar, which can govern even Kings.