He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend.
The worst of all States is the democratic State.
Guess if you can, choose if you dare.
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
It is the gift of heaven and not of reason.