Rome alone can resist Rome.
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
Peace is produced by war.
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!