Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.

It is observed in the course of worldly things, that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues; and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby than by vices.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

Oh, doughty sons of Hungary! May all success Attend and bless Your warlike ironmongery!

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.