When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

...it is easy to see that when the republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.