As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris

Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.

This victory will be your I ruin.

In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping.

Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.