For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love. [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give--which is everything.

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.