Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
There were few who preferred honor to money.
But few prize honour more than money.
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.