Expediency often silences justice.
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.