In valor there is hope.

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.

All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.

The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes

Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.

Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.