When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Forgive that you may be forgiven.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.