In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.