So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.