It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.
Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.
A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in peasant garments as well?
Covetousness is a sort of mental gluttony, not confined to money, but craving honor, and feeding on selfishness.