In every good man a God doth dwell.
He who begs timidly courts a refusal.
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed and rightly.