Petty laws breed great crimes.
Who has passed by the fates of disillusion has died twice.
The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine.
Love is cruel as the grave.
There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn.