Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
Keen at the start, but careless at the end.
If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.