That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.

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

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

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.