To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
How sweet to die after one's enemies.
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls!
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.