Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
I am my nearest neighbour.
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
Rumor is not always wrong