To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.
To myself alone do I owe my fame.
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
I would tell you I love you, Sir, if I knew what it was to love.