[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature.

The dark cloud, which had been cleared by the Phoenician discoveries, and finally dispelled by the arms of Caesar, again settled on the shores of the Atlantic, and a Roman province [Britain] was again lost among the fabulous Islands of the Ocean.

Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes the vital principles of virtue and veracity.

It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

Where error is irreparable, repentance is useless.

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

The active cavalry of Scythia is always followed, in their most distant and rapid incursions, by an adequate number of spare horses, who may be occasionally used, either to redouble the speed, or to satisfy the hunger, of the barbarians. Many are the resources of courage and poverty.