God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Let man be true and every god a liar.
In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.