Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
Daring is not safe against daring men.
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem
No man provokes me with impunity.