"My sweetest hope is to lose hope."

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

"Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality."

"Brave men are brave from the very first."

"When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph."

"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."

"To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory."

"Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect."

"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

"He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

"Every man of courage is a man of his word."

"Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed."

"Peace is produced by war."

"Happiness seems made to be shared."

"We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger."