He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
Ambition aspires to descend
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.