“We are slaves of the law in order that we may be able to be free.”

Believe that you have it, and you do.

Time is the soul of things.

Time is sovereign over all things.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

The gods were handed down to us, but we created the Caesars (i.e., the rulers) ourselves.

I’ll either find a way or make one.

A fox may change its skin but never its character.

One corrects customs by laughing at them.

To quarrel with a drunk is to wrong a man who is not even there.

The scar remains.

They condemn what they do not understand.

War is sweet to those who have never fought.

In matters of taste, there is no argument.

To accept a favour is to sell one’s freedom.

Add a little to a little and there will be a great heap.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.