Don't you remember that love, like medicine, is only the art of encouraging nature?

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve.

Revenge is a dish that is best served cold.

You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.

Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.