What is human is immortal!
There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise.
Rank is a great beautifier.
Love is on the verge of hate each time it stoops for pardon.
Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon, and pay off his debts, what would his creditors have called Julius Caesar?
Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.