Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.

History is the study of the world's crime

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.