A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.
He who is the cause of another's advancement is thereby the cause of his own ruin.
The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.
Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does.
But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.
Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.