There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are affected by I know not what, which cannot be explained

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!