The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes.

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

One globe seemed all too small for the youthful Alexander.

It is difficult not to write satire.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

Astrology reveals the will of the gods.

Every crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it.

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One bears a cross for his crime another a crown.

Great power which incites great envy hurls some men to destruction they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

Today theres more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

Who watches the watchmen?

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

Luxury is more deadly than any foe.

Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

So rare is the union of beauty with modesty.

One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue ..

We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

No one rejoices more in revenge than woman.

The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.

Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.

If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Almost everyone will find something in our services worth paying for.

I frankly don't care if you agree with my stand on abortion. I take that stand because no other stand is consistent with decent principles, and no other standard is consistent with the will of God.

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.