Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

Pleasure is the most real good in this life.

It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

An educated people can be easily governed.

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score