Every man of courage is a man of his word.
It is the gift of heaven and not of reason.
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
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.
When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.
In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.