When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.
It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.