It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.
Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
It is a law, of the gods which is never broken, to sell somewhat dearly the great benefits which they confer on us.
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.