Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.