Following Emporer Nero's command, "Let the Christians be exterminated!:" . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.

Then there is the usual scene when lovers are excited with each other, quarrels, entreaties, reproaches, and then fondling reconcilement.

Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.