“no one ever gossips about the virtues of others”
“No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.”
“How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?”
“Knowledge, as opposed to fantasies of wish fulfilment, is difficult to come by.”
“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
“Liberation from the tyranny of the body contributes to greatness, but just as much to greatness in sin as to greatness in virtue.”