Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

Men love their vices and hate them at the same time.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.