Cruelty is a tyrant that's always attended with fear.
A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.