Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.

They terrify lest they should fear.

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

It is more reverent to believe in the works of the Deity than to comprehend them.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

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.

Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.