We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.
In shame there is no comfort but to be beyond all bounds of shame.
In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no hiding-place.
It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.
How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!
Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.