The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
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.
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.
Every brave man is a man of his word; to such base vices he cannot stoop, and shuns more than death the shame of lying.