Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
Fear drives the wretched to prayer
I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.