The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.

For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.