If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

No crime has been without a precedent.

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you