The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.

Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.

It is the privilege of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers, and where the humour of each displays itself, without ceremony or restraint.