“It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.”

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

“Think of it. Fifteen whole years-no small part of a mans life.-taken from us-all the most energetic have fallen to the cruelty of the emperor. And the few that survive are no longer what we once were. Yet I find some small satisfaction in acknowledging the bondage we once suffered. Tacitus, The Agricola”

“There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.”

“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”

“Who, to say nothing about the perils of an awful and unknown sea, would have left Asia or Africa or Italy to look for Germany?”

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