No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Modest humility is beauty's crown.

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.

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

Most gladly would I give the blood-stained laurel for the first violet which March brings us, the fragrant pledge of the new-fledged year.