Related quotes
- Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
- Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
- A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
- Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
- Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
- Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.