Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.
A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.
Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.
A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate.
Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.