Read moreWhen the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.
Read moreTruth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
Read moreThere is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Read moreLove and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.
Read moreLiberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
Read moreTrue valor lies between cowardice and rashness.