It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get.
Even the best of friends need time apart.
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?