When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.