For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.
Your wit makes others witty.
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.
If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.
All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.
