Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

Full of men, vacant of friends.

Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain

Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.

To be everywhere is to be nowhere.