Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.
What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.
Let the soldier yield to the civilian.