Virtue on earth is persecuted ever; the envious die, but envy never. — Moliere. French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
Doctors pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, into patients of whom they know nothing.
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.