A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
Vittorio Alfieri

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
Vittorio Alfieri

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
Vittorio Alfieri

First thoughts are not always the best.
Vittorio Alfieri

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Vittorio Alfieri

Liars are always most disposed to swear.
Vittorio Alfieri

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Vittorio Alfieri

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
Vittorio Alfieri

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
Vittorio Alfieri

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
Vittorio Alfieri