It Were Better To Have No Opinion

Courage Consists Not In Hazarding Without Fear; But Being Resolutely Minded In A Just Cause.

There Is No Perfecter Endowment In Man Than Political Virtue.

The Saying Of Old Antigonus, Who When He Was To Fight At Andros, And One Told Him, "the Enemy's Ships Are More Than Ours," Replied, "for How Many Then Wilt Thou Reckon Me?

The Belly Has No Ears.

It Is Not Histories I Am Writing, But Lives; And In The Most Glorious Deeds There Is Not Always An Indication Of Virtue Or Vice, Indeed A Small Thing Like A Phrase Or A Jest Often Makes A Greater Revelation Of A Character Than Battles Where Thousands Die.