In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.
There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
Yet the age was not so utterly destitute of virtues but that it produced some good examples. [Lat., Non tamen adeo virtutum sterile seculum, ut non et bona exempla prodiderit.]
