"For the love of honor is the only thing that does not grow old, and in old age it is not wealth, but honor, that gives us joy."

"We are lovers of the beautiful, yet with economy."

"Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to acquire it, but it is certainly dangerous to let it go."

"We are free and open in our political life, and in our social relations we are not suspicious of one another."

"We place our trust not in preparations and stratagems, but in our own native courage."