You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
Successful villany is called virtue.
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
Life without the courage to die is slavery.