Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.

Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.

Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.