The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.
Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions.
Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others.
The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.