Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no equal.
As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.
It is the guilt, not the scaffold, which constitutes the shame.
To myself alone do I owe my fame.
The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.