Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.

Very few people are acquainted with death. They undergo it, commonly, not so much out of resolution as custom and insensitivity; and most men die because they cannot help it.

Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.

Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem.

There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.