It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we may admire him.

It is the cause, and not the death, that makes the martyr.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.

Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.

Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.