There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.
In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.