The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

- Pietro Metastasio

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

- Pietro Metastasio

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

- Pietro Metastasio

The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the more strongly it strikes it…

- Pietro Metastasio

How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

- Pietro Metastasio

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

- Pietro Metastasio

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, f…

- Pietro Metastasio

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

- Pietro Metastasio

If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive…

- Pietro Metastasio