We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.

Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real

There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

For man is a plant, not fixed in the earth, nor immovable, but heavenly, whose head, rising as it were from a root upwards, is turned towards heaven.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.