Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.
If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.
In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.
The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.
Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.