In valor there is hope.
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.