Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good. - Miguel de Cervantes

and had they been aware of the ancient custom of the Greeks, they would have erected a trophy on the spot.

My lady the duchess has duennas in her service that might be countesses if it was the will of fortune; 'but laws go as kings like;' let nobody speak ill of duennas, above all of ancient maiden ones; for

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.