Cicero: “For how few will be found who can refrain from wrong-doing, if assured of the power to keep it an absolute secret and to…”

Thus apparent expediency is outweighed when placed in the balance against moral rectitude.

It is, therefore, only a madman who, in a calm, would pray for a storm; a wise man's way is, when the storm does come, to withstand it with all the means at his command, and especially, when the advantages to be expected in case of a…

Not only must we show consideration for those whom we have conquered by force of arms but we must also ensure protection to those who lay down their arms and throw themselves upon the mercy of our generals, even though the battering-ram…

So, then, it is truth that is, as it were, the stuff with which this virtue has to deal and on which it employs itself.