It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty for sins committed in a former life.

As you have sown so shall you reap.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

All great men are partially inspired.