In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.