There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

Adversity makes men remember God.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed or not possible to avoid making those that are required.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is perfectly possible to be enamoured of Paris while remaining totally indifferent or even hostile to the French.

What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.

You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to ask. What's in it for me?

I try to tell people to keep having hope. It's always what you don't know and don't expect that's gonna be so great.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.