These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.