Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth.
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
It is much easier to begin than to end.
It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you.