In venerem putret
(He who is given to drink, and he whom the dice are despoiling, is the one who rots away in sexual vice).—Persius: Satires, satire v.
His favourite sin
Is pride that apes humility.
Southey: The Devil's Walk.
[189:1] When Abraham Lincoln heard of the death of a private, he said he was sorry it was not a general: "I could make more of them."
[189:2] Tant la plume a eu sous le roi d'avantage sur l'épée (So far had the pen under the king the superiority over the sword).—Saint Simon: Mémoires, vol. iii. p. 517 (1702), ed. 1856.
The pen is mightier than the sword.—Bulwer Lytton: Richelieu, act ii. sc. 2.