“Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues.”
“Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?”
“Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.”
“Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.”
“A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.”
“There are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness.”