Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.

You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.