Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.
He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.
It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.