Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.