It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.

A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.