Great captains do never use long orations when it comes to the point of execution.
The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.
Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
The many-headed multitude, whom inconstancy only doth by accident guide to well-doing! Who can set confidence there, where company takes away shame, and each may lay the fault upon his fellow?
Whatever comes out of despair cannot bear the title of valor, which should be lifted up to such a height that holding all things under itself, it should be able to maintain its greatness, even in the midst of miseries.