The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

If you would judge, understand.

The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.

Money has never yet made anyone rich.

Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.

The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.