It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are notnecessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.