The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
The highest price we can pay for anything; is to ask it.
Democracy is always the work of kings. Ashes, which in themselves are sterile, fertilize the land they are cast upon.
A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest.
Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.