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.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.

Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Patience and time conquer all things.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.