Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
This I hold to be the chief office of history, to rescue virtuous actions from the oblivion to which a want of records would consign them, and that men should feel a dread of being considered infamous in the opinions of posterity, from their depraved expressions and base actions.
Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
In valor there is hope.