How much must I overcome before I triumph?
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
A first impulse was never a crime.
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie
All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]
The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
How sweet to die after one's enemies.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?
The people you killed seem to be in excellent health.
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!
Rome alone can resist Rome.
To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]
Brave men are brave from the very first. [Fr., Les hommes valeureux le sont au premier coup.]
Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]
It takes good memory to keep up a lie
A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.
When obedience is so impious, revolt is a necessity.
He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.
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