The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.
It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.
If we must fall, we should boldly meet our fate.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.
No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.