For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all.