Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.

Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.

The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.

In valor there is hope.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.

All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.