I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

“It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that…”

“I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the…”

“They never show mercy because mercy was never shown to them”

“The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of …”