He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.

To the stars through difficulties.

Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.