He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
To think of shadows is a serious thing.
When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.
Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood.