My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain.

Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

"From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."

For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.

You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.

Necessity urges desperate measures.