“I understand too well the dreadful actI'm going to commit, but my judgementcan't check my anger, and that incitesthe greatest evils human beings do.”

“I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.”

“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”

“I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”

“Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”

“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”