“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.”

“People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.”

“To do a great right do a little wrong.”

“For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas”

“Profit is a blessing, if it's not stolen.”