 Envy like fire always makes for the highest points. |
| We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. |
| Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. |
| They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women. |
| Woe to the conquered. |
| It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. |
| Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. |
| No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority. |
| A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. |
| There are laws for peace as well as war. |
| Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed. |
| Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. |
| Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never. |
| There is always more spirit in attack than in defence. |
| He will have true glory who despises it. |
| Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. |
| The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. |
| No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. |
| Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. |
| There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty. |
