Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
I am my nearest neighbour.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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.