Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged - the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.