Alas, ’tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.

For ’tis impossible Hate to return with love.

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

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

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

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

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 pride, are oftentimes not to a king divulged.

First thoughts are not always the best.

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

Liars are always most disposed to swear.