Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.
Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.
Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.
When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone.