Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.