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

“Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.”

“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.”

“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.”