Betrayal and Disappointment

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

Gratitude and treachery are merely the two extremities of the same procession. You have seen all of it that is worth staying for when the band and the gaudy officials have gone by.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.

The memory of benefits is a frail defense against ingratitude.

He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.