I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.
I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.
Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.
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.
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie