“Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel”

“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity”

“To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives”

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”

“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal”

“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered”