Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.