Virtue, though clothed in a beggar's garb, commands respect.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Only the soldier is a free man, because he can look death in the face.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.