“It is better to be killed than frightened to death.”
“I would have had to kill him, and Death, you know, keeps secrets better even than a guilty Roman.”
“The day of death is better than the day of birth, a live dog is better than a dead lion, and the grave is better than poverty.”
“Better to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.”
“I've never killed anyone before. What frightens me isn't that I'm killing someone. What frightens me is how easy it is.”
“What better place to kill time than a library?”