'Tis a pity that a cause that stood for freedom, a splendid, sacred cause, should be debased into the quarrel of unscrupulous adventurers greedy of plunderOliver Tressilian
Fate is a sea without a shore, and the soul is a rock that abides.Rafael Sabatini
Wealth brings more trouble than satisfaction; far better to be just comfortable and no more.Rafael Sabatini
Memory in prosperity forsakes us, in adversity she is with us, more a curse than a blessing.Rafael Sabatini
Neither anger not fear must blind reason.Oliver Tressilian
'Tis not the sinner's steel that kills, but the base hand that wields it.Rafael Sabatini
Men rarely recognize the Devil when he puts his hand upon their shoulder.Rafael Sabatini
I have found vengeance a most unsatisfying diet.Oliver Tressilian
I think when a man sets out to play the Devil he should not boggle over being damned.Oliver Tressilian
If he had been less inflamed by passion he might have taken a calmer survey and found a preservative against some of the errors into which now he was to be led.Rafael Sabatini