No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.

When love is not madness, it is not love.

The heart is an astrologer that always divines the truth.

Great events have sent before them their announcements.

The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox.

All just laws condemn cruelty.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.