"One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him."
"Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not."
"It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy."
"The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected."