Present wars impoverish the lords that win as much as those that lose.

No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.

When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.

There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand.

The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

Forgiveness proceeds from a generous soul.

The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.