The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot..

A conquering king will banish from his breast hatred towards one whom he no longer fears..

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it..

That blood which thou hast spill'd, should join you closely in an eternal bond..

The talent of making friends is not equal to the talent of doing without them..

Necessity inspires the fatal thought..

First thoughts are not always the best..

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime..

Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled..

A usurper always distrusts the whole world..

Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which may offend his….

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live..

Liars are always most disposed to swear..

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence..

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime..

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked..

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do; there are movements that ….

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble..

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die..

Joy surfeited turns to sorrow..

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief..