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.
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.