“Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.”

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.

Double Indemnity is one of my all time favorites. Thats my favorite.

Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.

It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

Spaces within a line, double colons, slashes, are indications of pause, of breath, of urgency, they are not metrically exact as in a musical notation but they serve (I hope) to make the reader think about the sound of the poem.

You used to say. “Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.” Madness doubled is marriage I added when the caustic was cool, not intending to produce a golden rule.