Great boldness in facing danger; great prudence in the midst of it.

No labour could fatigue his body or subdue his mind.

Cold and heat were indifferent to him: meat and drink he sought as supplies to the necessities of nature, not as gratifications of his voluptuous appetites.

Waking or rest he used indiscriminately, by night or by day .-- These great Virtues were balanced by great Vices; inhuman cruelty; perfidy more than punic; no truth, no faith, no regard to oaths, promises, or religion.
The character of Alexander the Sixth, to be found in Guicciardin, [Footnote: Lib.

i.] is pretty similar, but juster; and is a proof that even the moderns, where they speak naturally, hold the same language with the ancients.