“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”

“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger… they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor… They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace.”

“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.”

“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”

“Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”

“To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.”