To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

It is not only spirits who punish the evil, the soul brings itself to judgment: and also it is not right for those who endure for ever to attain everything in a short time: and also, there is need of human virtue. If punishment followed instantly upon sin, men would act justly from fear and have no virtue.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

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.