“When one with honeyed words but evil mindPersuades the mob, great woes befall the state.”

“I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.”

“black evil is outlined clearest to our eyes by the blaze of virtue”

“I understand too well the dreadful actI'm going to commit, but my judgementcan't check my anger, and that incitesthe greatest evils human beings do.”

“For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.”

“Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.”

“The God knows when to smile.”