Each instant of life is a step toward death.
Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
Doubt, but still hate!
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
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!
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.