This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.