» Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.
» Posterity will pay everyone their due.
» They make a wilderness and call it peace.
» Posterity gives every man his true value.
» Forbidden things have a secret charm.
» The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
» So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
» The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.
» Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.