“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

“For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.”

“I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death”

“Bethink thee of the adage, 'Call none blest, till peaceful death have crowned a life of weal.”

“Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out; and that is far the most unhappy thing of all. -Cassandra”

“There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.”

“For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.”