The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.

My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible.