It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.
Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.