They terrify lest they should fear.
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.