"We often see malefactors, when they are..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.”

“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”

“None but great men are capable of having great flaws.”

“So to be sick unto death is, not to be able to die-yet not as though there were hope of life; no, the hopelessness in this case is that even the last hope, death, is not available. When death is the greatest danger, one hopes for life; but when one becomes acquainted with an even more dreadful danger, one hopes for death. So when the danger is so great that death has become one's hope, despair is the disconsolateness of not being able to die.”

“What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.”

“O captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The ship has weather'd every wrack The prize we sought is won The port is near, the bells I hear The people all exulting While follow eyes, the steady keel The vessel grim and daring But Heart! Heart! Heart! O the bleeding drops of red Where on the deck my captain lies Fallen cold and dead.”

“Be brave, right through, and leave for the unknown.”

“Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village”

“What man dare, I dare.Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear,The armed rhinoceros, or th' Hyrcan tiger;Take any shape but that, and my firm nervesShall never tremble.”